Basil H. Johnston O.Ont, Anishinaabe writer, storyteller, language teacher and scholar, was born on the Wasauksing First Nation in Ontario, Canada, on July 13, 1929, to Mary and Rufus Johnston. He is a member of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. He graduated from Loyola College, Montreal, Quebec, cum laude in 1954. In 1969, he joined the ethnology department of Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, until his retirement. From 1970 onward, as an ethnologist, non-fiction writer, essayist, short-story writer, autobiographer, and educator, Johnston became a prolific writer. His topics are predominantly concerned with the preservation of his native Ojibwa culture. 

January 1st, 1929 in Canada  /  Died:   Sep 8th, 2015