Complex sentence: George Bonga (August 20,1802--1880) was the son of Pierre Bonga, an African-American fur trader who was one of the first black children born in the Northwest, and an Ojibwe mother.
Split into simpler sentences: George Bonga (August 20,1802--1880) was an African American fur trader who was one of the first African American children born in the Northwest. He was the son of Pierre Bonga, and an Ojibwe mother.