Onondeyoh (Frederick Ogilvie Loft) National Historic Person
Toronto, Ontario
Onondeyoh (Frederick Ogilvie Loft)
(© Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 3629837 // Canada. Le ministère de la Défense Nationale/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada/MIKAN 3629837)
Address :
16 Spadina Road, Toronto, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2019-06-05
Life Date:
1861 to 1934
Dates:
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1919 to 1919
(Significant)
Other Name(s):
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Onondeyoh (Frederick Ogilvie Loft)
(Designation Name)
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Onondeyoh
(Historic Name)
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Frederick Ogilvie Loft
(Other Name)
Research Report Number:
2018-09; 2010-45
Importance:
As an Indigenous political organizer, he founded the League of Indians of Canada to advocate for Indigenous rights in 1919. During his military service in the First World War, he helped recruit Indigenous soldiers.