Henry Bird Steinhauer

Henry Bird Steinhauer
c/o Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Born	Sowengisik 1820 Rama, Lake Simcoe, Upper Canada
Died	December 29, 1884(1884-12-29) (aged 64) Whitefish Lake, Northwest Territory, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	Upper Canada Academy
Occupation	Clergyman
Spouse	Jessie Joyful (Seeseeb Mamanuwartum) ​ ​ (m. 1840)​
Children	10

Sowengisik (1820–1884), later Henry Bird Steinhauer, upon adoption into a German-Canadian family, was an Ojibwe translator, missionary, clergyman of the Methodist Church,^[1] and by means of his assimilation into Western Canadian society, became of the first First Nations persons to achieve collegiate credentials at a Canadian institution.