Oronhyatekha, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oronhyatekha

Mohawk physician

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1841

Place of Birth: Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 03-Mar-1907

Profession: physician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Oronhyatekha (10 August 1841 – 3 March 1907), ("Burning Sky" or "Burning Cloud" in the Mohawk language, also carried the baptismal name Peter Martin), was a Mohawk physician, scholar, and a unique figure in the history of British colonialism.
He was the first known aboriginal Oxford scholar; a successful CEO of a multinational financial institution; a native statesman; an athlete of international standing; and an outspoken champion of the rights of women, children, and minorities.
Once thought to be the first Native M.D.
in Canada, a recent book on Dr.
Peter Edmund Jones, an Ojibwa from New Credit, has shown Jones to have graduated few months before Dr.
Oronhyatekha.
While all this would be remarkable in any age, that he achieved it during the Victorian era, when racism and assimilation were commonplace, has made him a figure approaching legend in some aboriginal circles.