Her mother, Ozhaguscodaywayquay, was the daughter of Waubojeeg, a prominent Ojibwe war chief and civil leader from what is now northern Wisconsin, and his wife.

[2] Jane Schoolcraft's writings have attracted considerable interest from scholars and students, especially those concerned with Native American literature and history.

"[1] In 1823 Jane married Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, a US Indian agent in the region, who became a founding figure of American cultural anthropology.

In 1826 and 1827, Henry Schoolcraft produced a handwritten magazine called The Literary Voyager which included some of Jane's writings.

Henry Schoolcraft won fame for his later publications about Native Americans, especially the Ojibwe people and their language (also known as Chippewa and Anishinaabemowin).

His work was based on information and stories he learned from Jane and the Johnston family, and the access they arranged to other Ojibwe.

They had four children: Jane and Henry Schoolcraft moved to Mackinac Island in 1833, after he had been given responsibility for a larger territory as Indian agent.

[2] In 1841, when Henry lost his patronage position as federal Indian agent due to a change in political administrations, the Schoolcrafts moved to New York City.