Bourassa, Joseph Napoleon

Nation(ality): Potawatomi
Community: Michigan
Occupation(s): teacher | linguist | interpreter

gender: man

Timeline


Birth: 1810

Source(s):

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2014/03/25/potawatomi-vocabulary-manuscript-added-to-transcription-center/#.YioynZPMJ_Q



Death: 1878

Source(s):

Smithsonian Library. https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2014/03/25/potawatomi-vocabulary-manuscript-added-to-transcription-center/#.YioynZPMJ_Q


Context

Born to Daniel Bourassa II and Theotis Pisange. "Early historical records list him as Ottawa. This was likely due to a family baptismal record sheet listing his mother as Chippewa-Ottawa, though other records note that her husband was also Potawatomi and Chippewa."