John Maclean (pastor)

{{Short description|Canadian pastor and writer on American-Indians}}

John Maclean (1851–1928),{{cite book|author=Lee S. Dutton|title=Anthropological Resources: A Guide to Archival, Library, and Museum Collections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xtgop0ggcc8C&pg=PT65|date=13 May 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-81886-0|page=65}} born John McLean,[http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/maclean_john_15E.html Dictionary of Canadian Biography]. was a Wesleyan Methodist pastor amongst the Indians of the Canadian Northwest, holding pastorates in various towns of western Canada, including Port Arthur, Ontario July 1892-June 1896.F.B. Scollie, Biographical Dictionary and History of Victorian Thunder Bay 1850-1901 (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 2020), page 272.

He was born 30 October 1851 in Kilmarnock, Scotland, then moved to Canada. He died 7 March 1928 at Winnipeg, Manitoba.

He learned the languages and customs of the Indians. He published: Lone Land lights, (1890); James Evans, Inventor of the Syllabic System of the Cree Language, (1890); The Indians of Canada, (1892); Canadian Savage Folk, (1896); Language and Religion, (1899); Life among the Ojibwa and Cree Indians, (1903); Life of William Black, (1907); Winning the Front Place, (1908).

He edited the Wesleyan (1902–06) and attained several important offices in his denomination.