Fred Loft

Fred Loft

Frederick Ogilvie Loft (boen February 3, 1861; died 1934: Mohawk name Onondeyoh, also known as F. O. Loft or Fred O. Loft) was a Mohawk nation activist who founded the League of Indians of Canada. [ [http://www.civilization.ca/academ/articles/mose1_2e.html Civilization.ca] ] He has been counted among "the great Indian activists of the first half of the twentieth century." [ [http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ch/rcap/sg/sg45_e.html Indian and Northern Affairs Canada] ] He was also a World War I veteran and active in encouraging recruitment. He stood nearly six foot tall and weighed 170 pounds. [ [http://www.google.es/books?vid=ISBN0395669219&id=o-BNU7QuJkYC&pg=PA344&lpg=PA344&ots=Keahd9yZyQ&dq=Onondeyoh&sig=vHLQFEM6qojksMq0wKDsDhG3r8w#PPA345,M1 Encyclopedia of North American Indians, page 345: Author Frederick E. Hoxie] ]

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