Dickason, Olive Patricia, 1920-2011

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Name (Latin)
Dickason, Olive Patricia, 1920-2011
Other forms of name
Dickason, Olive Patricia, 1920-
Date of birth
1920-03-06
Date of death
2011-03-12
Associated country
Canada
Field of activity
Indigenous peoples--Canada--History
Occupation
College teachers
History teachers
Journalists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Language
English
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 55330006
Wikidata: Q7087147
Library of congress: n 77012212
Sources of Information
  • Her Indian arts in Canada, 1972, 1974 printing:
  • C 74-1969
  • Her The myth of the savage, c1984:
  • University of Winnipeg website, Mar. 30, 2011:
Wikipedia description:

Olive Patricia Dickason (1920–2011) was a Métis historian and journalist. She was the first scholar in Canada to receive a PHD in Indigenous history. She is known for writing one of the first textbooks about First Nations in Canada, Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from the Earliest Times.

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