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History about Ojibwe and Cree people.

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This fort, and related treaty, is referenced in later treaties. Why?

References

  1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Stanwix
  2. https://www.nps.gov/fost/learn/historyculture/index.htm
  3. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/a-timeline-history-of-the-oneida-carry.htm
  4. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pontiacs-war-feature
  5. ​​https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/french-and-indian-war-1754-1763-causes-and-outbreak
  6. https://www.britannica.com/event/Hundred-Years-War
  7. https://declaration.fas.harvard.edu/resources/text
  8. They Might Be Giants - Instanbul (Not Constantinople) May 24, 2013
  9. Fort Stanwix National Monument - Coolest Fort!

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Land "purchases" made around the Credit River region.

References:

  1. https://www.mississauga.ca/our-organization/about-our-organization/why-were-called-mississauga/
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississaugas
  3. Archeologists have discovered a mystery at the bottom of Lake Huron
  4. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/seven-oaks-incident
  5. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/upper-canada-land-surrenders
  6. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/longwoods-treaty-chippewas-1.5347864
  7. https://heritagemississauga.com/part-1-treaties/
  8. https://mncfn.ca/12-mile-creek-16-mile-creek-and-credit-river-reserves-treaty-nos-22-and-23-1820/
  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_treaties
  10. Ancient Coppersmiths of the Great Lakes Pt. 1

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References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saginaw
  2. Quebec Act 1774
  3. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quebec-act
  4. Sosin, J.M., ed. (1969). The Opening of the West. Harper & Row, New York.
  5. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pontiacs-war-feature
  6. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/treaty-of-ghent
  7. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/north-west-company
  8. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hudsons-Bay-Company
  9. Hallowell, A.I. (1992). The Ojibwa of Berens River, Manitoba: Ethnography into History. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, Toronto.
  10. https://freesound.org/people/B0N3ZII/sounds/719121/
  11. https://freesound.org/people/derplayer/sounds/587171/

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Who was involved in the creation of the Canada-USA International Border?
References

  1. Treaty of 1818 - Wikipedia
  2. Albert Gallatin - Wikipedia
  3. United States House Committee on Ways and Means - Wikipedia
  4. Richard Rush - Wikipedia
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush–Bagot_Treaty
  6. F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich - Wikipedia
  7. Henry Goulburn - Wikipedia
  8. Secretary of State for War and the Colonies - Wikipedia
  9. Secretary of State for the Colonies - Wikipedia
  10. Border Crossing Issues and the Jay Treaty
  11. Report on First Nation border crossing issues
  12. The Borderline: Indigenous Communities on the International Frontier
  13. Blackfoot Confederacy | The Canadian Encyclopedia
  14. The British Columbia Triangle: Part 3/6 – Indian Legends of the Interior Plateau | Canada History and Mystery
  15. Balkanize Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20090411212640/http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ca_us/en/cus.1818.15.en.html
  17. Chippewa Travellers - round dance

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His name is synonymous with "hard work" and "ingenuity." But what did it take for him to be successful in Illinois?

References:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820s
  2. https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1836
  3. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/convention-of-1818
  4. https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/history/
  5. https://www.britannica.com/event/Black-Hawk-War/Indian-removal-and-growing-tensions-in-Illinois
  6. http://treatiesmatter.org/treaties/land/1825-1830-Multinational
  7. http://treatiesmatter.org/treaties/timeline
  8. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/how-electricity-is-generated.php
  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Prairie_du_Chien
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Treaty_of_Prairie_du_Chien
  11. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/upper-canada-land-surrenders
  12. https://www.britannica.com/place/Illinois-state/History
  13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hawk_(Sauk_leader)
  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hawk_War
  15. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Canada
  16. https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1370372152585/1581293792285#ucls15
  17. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/family-compact
  18. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/robinson-huron-superior-annual-payments-legal-interpretation-1.7020155
  19. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/treaty-nine-lawsuit-1.6822266
  20. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mica-bay-incident
  21. http://csinvesting.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/340444245-Munger-2017-DJCO-Transcript.pdf
  22. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rG0U8Uo1-Es
  23. Beethoven 9 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Riccardo Muti

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References

  1. McNeilly, G. (2018). Broken Trust: Indigenous People and the Thunder Bay Police Service. Systemic Review. Retrieved from https://oiprd.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/OIPRD-BrokenTrust-Final-Accessible-E.pdf
  2. Porter, J. (2015). Deep Water. Audio Documentary. Retrieved from https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2686264208
  3. Talaga, T. (2017). Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City. House of Anansi Press.
  4. Investigated foster homes didn’t close them until Tammy Keeash died | APTN NationToNation
  5. Racism and Death in Thunder Bay
  6. Conan The Barbarian - The Wheel of Pain (1982 HD)
  7. Conan the Barbarian (2/9) Movie CLIP - Conan the Gladiator (1982) HD

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Why do we discuss treaties so much? It's because knowing the treaties helps us to understand what was happening at the time and how it relates to modern boundaries and politics.

References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1814_treaties
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Greenville_(1814)
  3. http://treatiesmatter.org/treaties/land/1825-1830-Multinational
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Simcoe–Lake_Huron_Purchase
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaties_of_Portage_des_Sioux
  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_St._Louis
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_St._Louis_(1816)
  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Treaty_of_Prairie_du_Chien
  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Treaty_of_Prairie_du_Chien
  10. Waiser, B. (2005). Saskatchewan: A New History. Fifth House, Ltd. Calgary.

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  1. A push for roadside signs to mark treaty boundaries | APTN News
  2. Dakota Exile | Full Documentary

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Why do we have "Truth and Reconciliation Day"?

Sol Mamakwa -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vIIzjOkQdk&t=310s
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After the War of 1812 and before the Trail of Tears. What happened?

References

  1. Skeen, C Edward. (2003). 1816: America Rising. University Press of Kentucky.
  2. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-canadian-border-established
  3. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/convention-of-1818
  4. https://www.american-historama.org/1801-1828-evolution/1818-convention-49th-parallel.htm
  5. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/upper-canada-land-surrenders
  6. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/treaty-of-ghent
  7. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/florida
  8. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/napoleonic-wars
  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Treaty_of_Prairie_du_Chien

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Why is there a claim and why is it worth $95 Billion?

References

  1. https://www.snnewswatch.com/local-news/group-of-treaty-9-communities-to-launch-legal-actions-against-feds-province-6909684
  2. 2023-04-26_NH0426_Clip01_Treaty9Suit
  3. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on Banks, Climate, China, Russia
  4. https://rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100028863/1581293189896
  5. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
  6. Long, John S. (2010). Treaty No.9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905. McGill-Queen’s University Press.

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Seneca legend from the book "Star Songs and Water Spirits: a Great Lakes Reader," edited by Victoria Brehm (2011, p120, Ladyslipper Press, Michigan). The legend was documented in 1923 and told by Gawasowaneh (Big Snowflake, Arthur C. Parker, b1881-d1955).

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From "Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree," by James Stevens, 1971, (McLelland and Stewart Ltd, Toronto, p.82).

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Excerpt from "Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree," by James Stevens, 1971, p.83. (McClelland and Stewart, Ltd.)

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Dene Legend

From "American Indian Myths and Legends," by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz (Pantheon Books, 1984).

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An overview of what Medicine Wheels are and how they can be used.

References

  1. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/medicine-wheels
  2. Bell, N. (2014). Education Canada. “Teaching the Medicine Wheel.” Retrieved from https://www.edcan.ca/articles/teaching-by-the-medicine-wheel/
  3. Bender, Herman. (2008). Medicine Wheels or "Calendar Sites": Indian Time or the Space/Time Continuum. Time and Mind. 1. 195-206. 10.2752/175169708X309806.
  4. Brown, Lionel. (1963). The Fort Smith Medicine Wheel, Montana. Plains Anthropologist. 8. 225-230. 10.1080/2052546.1963.11908351.
  5. Brumley, J. (1988). Medicine Wheels on the Northern Plain: a Summary and Appraisal. Ethos Consultuants, Ltd. Retrieved from https://open.alberta.ca/publications/medicine-wheels-on-the-northern-plains-a-summary-and-appraisal
  6. Cookson, C. (2020). The 9 types of Medicine Wheels in Alberta. Webpage. Retrieved from https://emberarchaeology.ca/the-9-types-of-medicine-wheels-in-alberta/
  7. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shaking-tent
  8. https://news.umanitoba.ca/look-to-the-medicine-wheel-for-mental-health-elders-advise-in-first-nations-study/
  9. Marsh, Teresa Naseba, Diana Coholic, Sheila Cote-Meek, and Lisa M Najavits. (2015). “Blending Aboriginal and Western healing methods to treat intergenerational trauma with substance use disorder in Aboriginal peoples who live in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.” Harm Reduction Journal 12 (1): 14. doi:10.1186/s12954-015-0046-1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-015-0046-1.
  10. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/exhibition/healing-ways/medicine-ways/medicine-wheel.html
  11. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326016844_Twin_Peaks_Medicine_Wheel_EcOp-51_on_Canadian_Forces_Base_Suffield
  12. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235197042_Archeology_and_Native_American_Religion_at_the_Leon_River_Medicine_Wheel
  13. Saskatchewanderer. Pheasant Rump First Nation -Medicine Wheel
  14. https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/objects/NMAI_24751?destination=edan_searchtab%3Fpage%3D6%26edan_q%3Dsun
  15. https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/medicine-wheel-in-wisconsin.330454/
  16. Wanuskewin Heritage Park https://wanuskewin.com/our-story/archaeological/

Art Heals All Wounds
How do we change the world? One artist at a time.
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Can understanding glaciers & genetics of Turtle Island help us understand early human inhabitation patterns?

References

  1. Clague & Ward. (2011). Growth and Decay of Cordilleran Ice Sheet. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/cordilleran-ice-sheet
  2. Unit 2 - Human Migration and the First Settlers to North America
  3. Cordilleran Ice Sheet in Northwest Washington | Doug Clark | November 20, 2021
  4. Energy Paradox
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho
  6. https://www.distance.to/Idaho/Hokkaido,JPN
  7. Bilyeau, N. (2019). ​​Oldest DNA in America Traced Back to Montana Man. The Vintage News. Online Magazine.
  8. Davis, L.G. et al. (2019). Late upper paleolithic occupation at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho, USA, ~16,000 years ago. Science magazine. Vol 365, Issue 6456, pp. 891-897. Retrieved from https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.aax9830
  9. https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/23/11/2161/1329708
  10. How to tell mastodons apart from mammoths
  11. The First Americans and the Debra L. Friedkin Site, Texas
  12. Balter, M. (2014). What killed the giant beasts of North America? Science magazine. Retrieved from https://www.science.org/content/article/what-killed-great-beasts-north-america
  13. Smallwood, Ashley. (2015). Context and spatial organization of the Clovis assemblage from the Topper site, South Carolina. Journal of Field Archaeology. 40. 69-88. 10.1179/0093469014Z.000000000106.
  14. Goodyear & Sain. (2018). The Pre-Clovis Occupation of the Topper Site, Allendale County, South Carolina. Retrieved from ResearchGate.Net. DOI: 10.5744/florida/9781683400349.003.0002
  15. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13025
  16. ​​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_Q-L54
  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_Q-M3
  18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_Q-M242
  19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R1
  20. https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/30515
  21. https://www.britannica.com/science/Pleistocene-Epoch
  22. https://www.travelmath.com/drive-distance/from/Calgary,+Canada/to/Boise,+ID
  23. Climate Research and Development Program. (2021). Retrieved from https://www.usg

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References

  1. https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5248/
  2. https://www.ohiohistory.org/visit/browse-historical-sites/serpent-mound/
  3. https://www.worldhistory.org/Alexander_the_Great/
  4. https://www.worldhistory.org/First_Crusade/
  5. https://www.worldhistory.org/Second_Crusade/
  6. Lepper, B., Duncan, J., Diaz-Granádos, C., & Frolking, T. (2018). Arguments for the Age of Serpent Mound. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 28(3), 433-450. doi:10.1017/S095977431800001X. Retrieved from https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/abs/arguments-for-the-age-of-serpent-mound/52318DAD1CF14EA426D1B6D286A91930
  7. Schwarz, K. (2020). https://ohioarchaeology.org/file_download/inline/dc7e43f1-aaee-4364-848d-d5fa99b1be77
  8. https://didyouknow.org/history/bc1000/
  9. Lee, Annette S., et al. (2014). Ojibwe Sky Star Map Constellation Guide: An Introduction to Ojibwe Star Knowledge. Lightning Source-Ingram Spark, North Rocks, California.
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio#Indigenous_settlement
  11. https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Indigenous_Peoples_of_Ohio
  12. https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=511
  13. https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/whats-on/meadowcroft/exhibits/rockshelter/

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It has been the source of abundance for thousands of years. How do we use it?

References

  1. https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war
  2. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/french-and-indian-war-1754-1763-causes-and-outbreak
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Trent
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Croghan
  5. ​​https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sachem
  6. ​​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Nations_land_cessions
  7. http://treatiesportal.unl.edu/earlytreaties/treaty.00001.html
  8. Venables, Robert W. (2004). American Indian History, Five Centuries of Conflict & Coexistence. Volume I: Conquest of a Continent, 1492-1783. Clear Light Publishers, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  9. https://delawaretribe.org/blog/2013/06/26/language/
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River
  11. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/98-187-x/4151278-eng.htm

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Who was he? Why is there a war/rebellion named after him? 

References

  1. Campisi, J. (1993). “Indian Governance.” Found in Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies, Vol. 1, p.449-456. Charles Scribner Sons, New York.
  2. Hall, A. (2019). Royal Proclamation of 1763. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/royal-proclamation-of-1763
  3. Parkman, F. (1851, 1871). The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada, 10th Ed., Vol 1. Chapters VI-VII. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_(Ottawa_leader)
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763
  6. https://www.royal.uk/george-iii

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What treaties were signed in 1847, and why? How do these treaties connect to other treaties and events in that decade?

References

  1. https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/oregon-treaty/#.YxiNty0ZN7M
  2. https://www.whose.land/en/treaty/treaty57-1847
  3. https://files.ontario.ca/treaties_map_english.pdf
  4. ​​https://libraryguides.centennialcollege.ca/landacknowledgements/treatiesontario
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Treaty
  6. https://www.britannica.com/list/the-6-nations-of-the-iroquois-confederacy
  7. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Oregon_Treaty
  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fond_du_Lac

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An overview of the Bear Clan Patrol, and some info about Totems.

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  2. ​​Anishinaabe clan system - Wikipedia
  3. The Mishomis Book, Chapter 10 - The Clan System
  4. Bear Clan volunteers find hundreds of needles, mountains of garbage on inner-city Winnipeg patrols | CBC News
  5. Bear Clan's youth patrol shows kids 'a better way of life,' organizer says | CBC News
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  7. Bear Clan Group in Edmonton upset with treatment by mall security - CFWE
  8. Bear Clan board has 'made a huge mess,' ousted executive director James Favel says | CBC News

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A brief  history of opium. 

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Skills development takes time.  And life is a meandering river. 

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The wabinowin were/are a medicine-people society. The name derives from "dawn".  A wabinogamick is a 'house of the dawn light.'

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We've covered a lot of information since Episode 1. This episode puts the information together in a meaningful way. 

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Many treaties refer to earlier treaties. Here is a pre-Canada and pre-USA treaty from the east coast of Turtle Island. 

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My thoughts on how the system "works". 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/world/canada/canada-indigenous-journalist-arrests.html

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/indigenous-land-defender-sentenced-to-jail-time-over-trans-mountain-pipeline-protest-1.5897319

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The people of Wabanaki have a long and interesting history going back many hundreds of years. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabanaki_Confederacy#Formation_of_the_Wabanaki_Confederacy_(1680s)

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Context and reading of this oft-referred to Declaration. The results of this Proclamation were widespread and long-lasting. 

http://www.jamessmithcreenation.com/downloads/ROYAL%20PROCLAMATION%201763.pdf

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/royal-proclamation-of-1763#:~:text=The%20Royal%20Proclamation%20of%201763%20was%20issued%20by,to%20assimilate%20the%20French%20population%20to%20British%20rule.

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An overview of the Anishnaabe Migration Story and the role of Church Organizations in the colonization of Indigenous peoples.

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The pen is mightier than the sword! Hear the words written that "surrendered" large swathes of the northern shores of Lake Superior. This treaty was the prototype for later "numbered treaties" of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100028978/1581293296351

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The Federal government announced compensation for unclean water, but some Indigenous leaders call the process unfair. Why can't (won't?) Canada get clean water to Indian Reservations?

https://globalnews.ca/news/8795386/first-nations-drinking-water-compensation-deal/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/first-nations-drinking-water-update-1.6434565

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Court cases can take many decades to complete. Truth in history is important.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/williams-lake-135-million-settlement-1.6430335

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A man is in hospital after prolonged hunger strike against the logging of old growth forests in British Columbia. 

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/nanaimo-man-hospitalized-during-hunger-strike-says-old-growth-protests-escalating-5294301

https://news.gov.bc.ca/ministries/forests/biography

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Reconciliation, Land Back and Socio-economic development!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/sco-bay-redevelopment-1.6427100

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/southern-chiefs-organization-to-take-over-downtown-hudson-s-bay-building-will-feature-hundreds-of-housing-units-1.5870810

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First Nations' Treaties are not historical artifacts. They are living documents. Negotiations are ongoing. 

https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/alberni-clayoquot-regional-district-celebrates-10-years-of-first-nations-on-the-board/

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Chief is born leader!   

https://www.elliotlaketoday.com/local-news/serpent-river-chief-appointed-to-huron-superior-catholic-district-school-board-5277700 

https://serpentriverfn.com/meetup/our-history/

https://www.nog.ca/who-we-are/communities-we-serve/serpent-river-first-nation

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Treaty negotiations take a long time!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/robinson-huron-treaty-negotations-1.6423857

Dissertation link ---> https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/37402

https://www.robinsonhurontreaty1850.com

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Palladium is a useful commodity. 

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Is there an answer?

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/772-landback-then-what/

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A project to reintroduce and study indigenous plants from a region in British Columbia.

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The Condor is a sacred animal. It is being reintroduced to the wild. 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/16/california-condors-yurok-tribe

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Rudeness isn't reconciliation. 

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Ontario has a lot of old and forgotten oil wells. They can be dangerous. 

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A multilateral agreement resulted in big investments to revive the local resource-based economy. 

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News about a Northwest Territories language project. 

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I've been thinking about this for a while. 

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Some of my thoughts on a couple of recent news articles. 

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A very old agreement made by the people of eastern woodlands and Great Lakes region.

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Three_Fires
  2. Council of Three Fires
  3. The Story Of The Three Fires Confederacy | Nations At War | Timeline

  4. Three Fires unity : the Anishnaabeg of the Lake Huron borderlands / Phil Bellfy, University of Nebraska Press | 2011

  5. The Three Fires of Michigan

  6. The Three Fires
  7. https://www.anishinabek.ca/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/
  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_rice

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Why is copper important?

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We have been here since time immemorial, even before Lake Superior was "born" we lived along the shores of an earlier, larger lake. 

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When did people get to Turtle Island, and how? I've read many different and interesting things.

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Have you ever noticed that some Creation Stories have similar elements? Perhaps there is a reason why, and it may not be what you think. 

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Holidays can be a struggle. Sometimes everyday is. But we can heal. Happy solstice!

Thank you for listening!

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From the Stone Age to the Space Age, land use has shaped human behaviour. We say we've evolved, and yet...

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They were separated by 200 years. One went to school and the other did not. One is on the hundred dollar bill and the other lived on the streets. What choices did they have?

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The Treaties are controversial. Why? And how have the treaties, plus other legislation, been used to keep First Nations impoverished?

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Alcohol hasn't been good for Anishnaabe people. Its effects can hit people hard. 

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Many children's graves have been found recently at former Indian Residential School sites. How many more are out there across Turtle Island? 

References

  1. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools
  2. https://boardingschoolhealing.org/education/us-indian-boarding-school-history/
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar
  5. GPR Webinar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D01oUf1-DvU

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There are a lot of treaties. In this episode I cover treaties related to the Anishnaabe people. The time span of treaty signings was approximately 200 years. There is a lot of history in the treaties!

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Why would Anishnaabe people sign a Treaty with the Crown? What impacts did treaty signing have on the region? How is the Mining Act of Ontario related to Aboriginal Treaty Rights?

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A look at some of the things the Canadian government implement regarding Indigenous peoples' lands and resources in the year 1909.

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  1. Jackson, A.H. (2016). 150 Years of Canada: Year-by-Year Fascinating Facts. Blue Bike Books.
  2. https://www.ancestry.ca/contextux/historicalinsights/porcupine-gold-rush
  3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_Gold_Rush
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The impact of decision-making by a modern Cree Chief on Canadian politics and history. 

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I've learned a lot after listening to the words of Frederick Douglass. 

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What was happening on Turtle Island this year? 

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Fun with audio samples. 

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What does it mean to educate the young? How does this relate to Canadian history?

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Biographical information of a World War 2 hero and Warrior Chief of the Crow people. 

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We are an ancient people. All of us. Listen to a linguistic and geographic journey through some legends of long ago!

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The international border between Canada and the United States of America has been in existence for quite a while, but how was the border created in the first place? 

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Have you heard of AIM? Why did they form and why do they exist? This episode discusses the formation of the American Indian Movement.

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In this episode I describe a little bit of my family heritage from way up in northern Ontario. 

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How do I know I'm an Indian? I have a card that identifies me as one, but why do we even have these cards in the first place?

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The Indian Act is an active piece of legislation in Canada that is utilized to determine laws regarding indigenous people. What does the Act say and how did it come into being? 

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What happened in 1907 in the USA and in Canada? Among some achievements in technology was a historic legal case involving the ancient traditions of the Anishnaabek and the far-reaching arm of Canadian jurisdiction. 

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She was 15 years old when she died. She had been missing for days. Her body was found in the Red River. Who was she and why did this happen?

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Anishnaabe have signed many treaties with various governments. South of Lake Superior in the early 1800's was a tumultuous time. What do these treaties entail?

Have the Treaties been honoured?

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The treaty was signed, but what was agreed to? Context is meaningful, especially when translating. So, what was said?

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What did the various treaties accomplish? What were they for? Using the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 as an example, we look at the conditions surrounding the implementation of this treaty. 

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A look at the political landscape in the year 1906, as well as the implementation of HEPCO.

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A look at the Hudson Bay area in the 1600s. Why are so many places named 'fort'? Why was York Factory considered prime real estate? 

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What's written in a Treaty? What were the agreements made? In Canada and the USA, there are many treaties with Native peoples that have been made over the centuries. 

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The years surrounding the Peguis-Selkirk Treaty of 1817. A snapshot of what was going on in the Red River Settlement at that time. 

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Thoughts on MMIWG and coping with identity. 

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A look at the times during the life of Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief.

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The year that Treaty No.9 was signed and enacted; a glimpse of that time period. 

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