HBC Point Blankets - Oral History with Kathleen Epp

[@michaela8802]

When my sister passed away years ago in Alaska, her dying wish was that I bury her alongside her native husband who’d passed away 3 years earlier, and also that I wrap her body in our grandfather’s Hudson blanket, which I did. That blanket was always a source of great comfort from her early childhood until her passing 56 years later.

[@TheBestGamer43]

This was the best episode in the series. Recently bought my own, wanted my own little piece of history.

[@Fb.riptide.]

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[@matthewcross]

The letters near the end were my favorite part!

[@francoisjobin3818]

I agree (Shep Daisy)

[@Leah-br6xu]

I laughed at the letters. I liked your video a lot, think you explained the context around the blankets perfectly. I just want to say something sorry 😅 I can’t read letters like those, also can’t read old archive docs filled with surprise neutrality / admiration of an indigenous person without feeling a bit sus. It just feels like a joke written by some real evils. I understand why it’s generally accepted as possible by ppl whom are kind hearted and living without the same trauma indigenous and mixed ppl carry (whether they know it or not. maybe some euros carry now too) .. maybe a small handful just don’t care. I think some writers knew boundaries well, what would not raise a red flag to most yet still also feeling unbelievable to ppl like me and others too

[@daneandrews6218]

Just asking if you are holding any information on the native small pox genocide if so then it should be disclosed or it would be criminal to keep it covered up. Like do you have all the shipment dates from 1700-1800 in Canada I'd love to see those records and see how they relate to when and where the small pox breakouts started holding this information means you acknowledge that this is the case as well making you and your company coverup a genocide. No business or corporation should be emune to the law especially under genocide. Just my two cents

[@davidford694]

It seems that this was a good product, honestly made, and a significant life improvement for the indigenous people who purchased them. So it wasn't all bad. A relief, since my several greats uncle Donald MacKenzie was Chief Factor for a period.

[@VestalNumbre]

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