Native American Sites of the Chicago Region - Forest Home Cemetery - Forest Park Illinois

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

You guys videos are fantastic. Thanks so much for this content. Indigenous history of N. America is my passion. These videos are very well made and informative. Keep em coming!!

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks for watching and for the supportive words! We very much appreciate it! We hope to make more videos in our Native American site series in the coming months! Thanks again!

[@timtoms4117]

Thank you! Your videos are well researched and have very good production values. We should all be greatful for what you are doing here,

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks very much for the kind words and support! And thank you for watching and commenting!

[@matthewgauthier7251]

Im slowly watching all your stuff and am delighted with it all. I live a 1/2 mile from this. Your thorough research is great as it fills all the holes in the knowledge ive aquired over the years from local sources. Was not aware of the original size of the mound. Thank you for your excellent work.

[@BeHistoric]

Very glad that you gleaned some new information from this video. It was actually a very interesting story to research and to tell. Thanks for watching our videos and for taking the time to comment. It is much appreciated!

[@thomasmackowiak]

Thank you for this installment about Forest Home Cemetery in your series on Native American Sites in the Chicago Region! I enjoyed watching this video on the history of Indigenous People in and around the current location of Forest Home Cemetery.

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks very much for watching, commenting, and for the continued support! We very much appreciate it! Very glad that you enjoyed this video!

[@babs7179]

Thanks for such a well researched and well told story

[@BeHistoric]

Very glad that you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@labeef1953]

Thank you so much for this documentary. Forest Home is my favorite cemetery. I knew some of its history; thanks for filling in the blanks. More please! New subscriber.😮😮😊😊

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks for watching and commenting! Glad that you found the video informative and interesting!

[@labeef1953]

@@BeHistoric You’re more than welcome! I’ll be watching more later. Quite a unique channel you have. ☺️☺️☺️

[@LivingintheChicagoSuburbs]

Keep making vids guys…I’ve lived in this area my whole life and they are great.

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks for the kind words and the support! It is much appreciated!

[@s1dfk4123]

Very interesting! My parents are buried there!

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks for watching and glad that you found the video of interest!

[@KramerPhotographers]

Thanks or another great video. BeHistoric is so interesting and so well researched. I love history like this and this series is fantasticlly detailed and you can tell they run down the reseach so well. So glad I came across this channel.

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks for watching and the kind words of encouragement! We very much appreciate it - and it makes it all worthwhile.

[@wmealer61]

Well Done! I'm smarter now than I was 45 minutes ago having watched this.

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks very much for watching the video! Glad that you found it informative and worth the time! Thanks too for the comments and the support!

[@mr.b3168]

Wow. I lived in that area. Crossed Roosevelt and Desplaines all the time. Not knowing there was once a mound in that cemetery. Shame it was tampered with.

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks for the comment and for watching our video! Yes, a great shame that the hill was taken down and levelled out, likely destroying multiple Native American mounds in the process. The Des Plaines river valley has many pre-contact sites along its extended reach north and south, including the Forest Home site. Thanks again!

[@GOMF-eq4qc]

Thanks for this one. Ten acres is a very large size for a mound. I’m guessing it was used for a very long period of time as a burial site. I think the attitudes of people about archaeology, versus respect for burial sites are pretty contradictory. Look at Egypt. They seem to have few issues about displaying and studying artifacts that were grave goods and even using them to promote tourism. I guess the difference is that if the culture no longer exists, there is nobody to stick up for the mummies, who are resting in anything but peace. If the objects from Indian Hill were never catalogued, we would know a lot less about the trade goods and other issues. Maybe there is a middle ground somewhere, but thanks for your usual diligence.

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks for commenting and for the ongoing support! Yes, the hill/mound size suggests it was at least partially a natural feature, perhaps an ancient dune, as part of the sand ridge that runs along that terrace. The descriptions are few and vague - but from what we could gather - there were likely multiple substantial mounds on the surface of this small hill, where burials were placed. Regarding the tension between archeology and indigenous people - indeed, it's a difficult problem. As you say, there is likely middle ground somewhere.

[@JoseMartinez-df2db]

Such sad history. The colonizers were callous and these same methods of cultural genocide are being used by the Israeli colonizers in Palestine. The historical erasure of any peoples is genocide of one’s history. Thank you so much for doing great research for the making of this video. Every culture’s history is important to preserve and pass down. The remains of the people and items should always be returned to the Native tribes who they belong to no matter what part of the world they come from. I wish I knew about what my tribe’s history is. Everyone is beautiful.

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks for watching the video and for the thoughtful comments! Indeed there has been great mistreatment of many of the Native American burial mounds and other sacred locations of the past few centuries. Much has been lost. Hopefully, we can be better going forward. Glad that you enjoyed the video and found it interesting!

[@Jacobismychannel]

The British did not "lose" the war of 1812 any more than the Americans did. The war ended with no movement of any borders. The British did manage to occupy Washington DC and burn down the whitehouse though.

[@BeHistoric]

With this war, the British intended to take key territories and tracts in the upper Great Lakes and key river channels, hoping to thwart the US expansion westward and to generally bring the new country to its knees. And so the British lost the War of 1812 in the sense that they failed to achieve their objectives. Furthermore, they were effectively removed from all further influence below the Great Lakes within mainland North America following this war.

[@Jacobismychannel]

@@BeHistoric that's very interesting because in Canadian history classes, we are taught that the war was fought over American expansionism in the wake of the revolutionary war. It was timed to take maximum advantage of the British army being deployed in the Napoleonic wars in Europe and involved several American incursions into what was then British territory, including a battle in what is now Toronto and the burning of Fort York. I suppose the truth likely exists somewhere between these perspectives.

[@BeHistoric]

@@Jacobismychannel Agreed, "winning" and "losing" is often a matter of perspective. We were generally taught that the War of 1812 capped the American Revolution, and was the final blow to Britain in terms of their influence in North America, at least driving westward from the Atlantic. But true enough, the US was continually pushing westward, expanding its territory, largely at the expense of Native Americans, who were caught between the French, the British, and the US.

[@shawngremm3226]

They just dumped ?

[@BeHistoric]

Thanks for the comment! Presumably you are talking about the removal of the Native American remains from the hill - dumping into the Des Plaines River? Yes, sadly this was the case.

[@coyote2welve]

About to lose me with this AI generated slop. Love these videos but that's a no-go.