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Date 1952-01-1, descending — sort earliest first

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1952 10 Jan
195-		 The passing of Honoré Jaxon (b. 1861 as William Henry Jackson in the village of Wingham, ON). He died one month after his eviction from his basement apartment where he hoarded three tons of archival material which he hoped would become a library for the study of the Métis people of Saskatchewan.

See Speechless 4 December 2009 for a chronological biography as well as a bibliography / webliography of other works on him.

See NUVO for a photo of his eviction from the New York Daily News archive and a short biography.

See as well BFA1p90-93; OBCC18-21, 25-26.

  • For his biography see Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary by Donald B. Smith and Strange Empire: Louis Riel and the Métis People by Joseph Howard.
    		•  - In Memoriam; Honoré Jaxon; Metis people; New York, USA
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