Flint and Feather
Flint and Feather Flint and Feather (1913) is a collection of the complete poems of E. Revered as one the foremost Canadian poets of her time, Johnson was a prolific writer whose works explored her…
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Flint and Feather
Flint and Feather (1913) is a collection of the complete poems of E. Revered as one the foremost Canadian poets of her time, Johnson was a prolific writer whose works explored her Mohawk heritage while shedding light on the racism and persecution faced by indigenous peoples across North America. Pauline Johnson.
Choosing to emphasize the former, Johnson, who also went by Tekahionwake, "The lyrical verse herein is as a 'Skyward floating feather, / Sailing on summer air.' And yet that feather may be the eagle plume that crests the head of a warrior chief; so both flint and feather bear the hall-mark of my Mohawk blood." So states Johnson in the foreword to her complete poems, Flint and Feather, a collection that captures not only her range as a poet in tune with the Romantic tradition, but her dualistic sense of identity as a woman of Mohawk and English heritage.