Mohawk Ideals, Victorian Values: Oronhyatekha, M.D.

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https://hdl.handle.net/1813/52441

This collection offers an online version of the exhibition, "Mohawk Ideals, Victorian Values: Oronhyatekha, M.D." which was featured at the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ontario (27 July to 17 December, 2001) and at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario (2 March to 4 August, 2002). This collection is devoted primarily to the life story of Oronhyatekha (Peter Martin), but also offers educational information about the evolving political and cultural life of the Iroquois nations and an emerging Canada during the nineteenth century.

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This collection was formerly a website hosted by the Cornell University Library that was jointly funded by the Canadian Heritage Information Network and the Woodland Cultural Centre.

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Bibliography on Oronhyatekha
Woodland Cultural Centre (Woodland Cultural Centre, 2001)
This is a Bibliography of materials relating to Dr. Oronhyatekha (Peter Martin).
Educational resources on the history of the Iroquois and other First Nations People
Woodland Cultural Centre (woodland Cultural Centre, 2017)
The original Woodland Centre web site of the exhibition, “Mohawk Ideals, Victorian Values: Oronhyatekha, M.D.” featured 26 links to sites that provided information about the Iroquois Nation and Native peoples from 2001. Because of the dynamic nature of the World-Wide Web, many of teh websites are no longer active. We have made an effort to find newer websites that contain similar information, but some websites were not replaceable and those linsk were removed from the links that we are providing. The existing websites are provided here to help you in finding more information about the Haudenosaunee (the "Six Nations," comprising the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora peoples).
Lesson Plans for Grades 7 and 8
Woodland Cultural Centre (Woodland Cultural Centre, 2001)
The following lesson plans were created to assist educators lead their grade seven and eight students through this website exhibit based on the life and times of Dr. Oronhyatekha (1841- 1907). Approximately four to six week will be required to complete these lesson plans and this time frame will vary according to educators schedules and the amount of time students are allowed to conduct in-class research activities.
Oronhyatekha’s Family Tree
Woodland Cultural Centre (Woodland Clutural Centre, 2001)
Dr. Oronhyatekha’s Family Tree
Oronhyatekha
Jamieson, Keith (Royal Ontario Museum, 2002)
This article by Keith Jamieson, curator of the exhibition, "Mohawk Ideals, Victorian Values: Oronhyatekha, M.D.", was previously printed in Rotunda, the magazine of the Royal Ontario Museum.
Exhibition Floor Plan
Woodland Cultural Centre (Woodland Cultural Centre, 2001)
This is a floor plan to the exhibition, “Mohawk Ideals, Victorian Values: Oronhyatekha, M.D.” which was featured at the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ontario (27 July to 17 December, 2001) and at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario (2 March to 4 August, 2002).
Synoptic Chart
Woodland Cultural Centre (Woodland Cultural Centre, 2001)
This chart is a timeline of events in the life of Oronhyatekha, in local history, and in socio-political history.
Dr. Oronhyatekha's Historical Collection
Independent Order of Foresters (Independent Order of Foresters, 1904)
Oronhyatekha adopted a lifestyle befitting a successful, Oxford-trained physician. One major aspect of his Victorian persona was his interest in gathering a large collection of natural and historical objects. During his travels as Supreme Chief Ranger, Oronhyatekha amassed an enormous collection of curios, artifacts and natural specimens. He assembled this “cabinet of curiosities” in the Oronhyatekha Historical Rooms and Library, situated in The Temple Building, Toronto. The collections were opened to the public in September of 1902, and included over 800 pieces. Many of the objects in the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection symbolized First Nations sovereignty and international relationships. In 1911, the collection was donated by the IOF to the Royal Ontario Museum. Unfortunately, it was dispersed into departmental collections according to region of origin, thus obscuring its most compelling aspect -- what it tells us about the man who collected it. This book is a catalog of Dr. Oronhyatekha's collection.
Slide show on the life of Oronhyatekha
Woodland Cultural Centre (Cornell University Library, 2001)
Oronhyatekha, baptized Peter Martin, was a Mohawk, born and raised at Six Nations. Among many accomplishments, awards, and citations, Oronhyatekha was one of the first of Native ancestry to receive a medical degree. He was also a Justice of the Peace, Consulting Physician at Tyendinaga (appointed by Sir John A. MacDonald), an Ambassador, Chief Ranger of the Independent Order of Foresters, and Chairman of the Grand Indian Council of Ontario and Quebec. But what was perhaps most remarkable about the man was not that he achieved success in the Victorian world, but that he did so with his Mohawk heritage intact. This slide show follows the remarkable life of Oronhyatekha, demonstrating how he successfully negotiated through two worlds, balancing Victorian Values to maintain his Mohawk Ideals.

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