Dr. Oronhyatekha

A comprehensive biography of Dr. Oronhyatekha, Canada's first Indigenous physician, and an influential First Nations statesman Covers his friendships with Teddy Roosevelt and John A. Macdonald and his international business He was the first non-White member of the Independent Order of Foresters (IOF), a fraternally organized life-insurance company, having successfully challenged the race criteria for membership As CEO of the IOF, he transformed it from a near-bankrupt, legally embattled organization to a financially stable international company Ahead of his time, Oronhyatekha attempted to broaden the mandate of the IOF so that women and French-Canadians could belong Also details the political, social, and historical context of the Six Nations of the Grand River community in the mid-nineteenth century