Legends of Vancouver Author:E. Pauline Johnson Emily Pauline Johnson, commonly known as E. Pauline Johnson or just Pauline Johnson, was a Canadian writer and performer popular in the late 19th century. Johnson was notable for her poems and performances that celebrated her Aboriginal heritage; her father was a hereditary Mohawk chief of mixed ancestry. She also drew from English inf... more »luences, as her mother was an English immigrant. One such poem is the frequently anthologized "The Song My Paddle Sings".« less