Who Were The Iroquois? The 17th Century Tribe Who Resisted The French | Nations At War | Timeline

Once the five nations of the Iroquois were bitter enemies. Until the Peacemaker's law bound them together. Stronger together, the Iroquois used commerce, diplomacy and firepower to destroy their enemies. And fight the French Empire to a standstill.
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[@Hannaheh94]

So grateful to have grown up in Upstate New York learning about the Iroquois nation since childhood. There is a major lack of awareness about native peoples in this country. I hope people will keep speaking up telling their stories.

[@alvincook8888]

Im from Akwesasne Mohawk tribe and grew up in Onondaga tribe. We are still here!

[@user-jd8fj7cm7l]

No ur not gun chill out suit case ale! 😅

[@tedecker3792]

My 4x great grandfather was the Oneida Chief Skenandoah. He was born in 1706 and died at 110yo in 1816. He stood 6’5” and was a friend of Ben Franklin. The book “Franklin listens when I speak” is about his friendship with Franklin. He is also known for sending food (corn) to Washington’s troops at Valley Forge, saving them. There is a large bronze statue of him with Washington in the Smithsonian.

[@michaelmaz6833]

That’s incredibly cool. I’ve always had great interest in the natives of America, specifically in my home state of NY. If you’re interested, a channel called historia civilius made an amazing video abt the Iroquois confederation, I think you should watch it.

[@tedecker3792]

@@michaelmaz6833 family history says that Franklin used the Iroquois confederacy in the US constitution after being told how it worked by Skenandoah, who sat on the grand council of the Iroquois. The book on their friendship calls it “the remarkable friendship that may have changed the course of American history”. The book starts off with the story of Skenandoah teaching Franklin how to swim when they were both 10yo. I’m now 75, and was adopted as an infant. I just learned of my birth fathers side after doing the 23&me dna test. I met my birth mother when I was 30, and learned that I’m also a descendant of Chief Bull Bear of the Lakota.

[@tedecker3792]

@@susanmercurio1060 have you read “Franklin listens when I speak”?

[@sluggish7434]

Maybe the woke aswipes should tear down that statue for just what ever reason

[@tedecker3792]

@@sluggish7434 I’m fully aware that our nation’s history has not always been fair to minorities. I also work to make things fair for all. Very proud to be what you may call woke.

[@Brembelia]

The Iroquois was a confederation of 5 tribes or nations, originally: The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and the Seneca. However, in 1722, they were joined by the Tusqorora for a total of 6 nations. Their confederacy agreement became the basis for our Constitution.

[@tedecker3792]

The book Franklin Listens When I Speak tells of the friendship between Ben Franklin and Oneida Chief Skenandoah. The Chief sat on the grand council of the Iroquois Confederacy and explained its workings to Franklin. Skenandoah was my 4x great grandfather.

[@ter8901]

I own the largest private collection of arrowheads and stone tools in NYS and im immensely greatful you made this. The Iroquois dont get nearly enough recognition and play in history for what they did. Love this

[@jetpackjoyride8671]

I make native weapons and armor they used to wear and use even though I don't sell my stuff I am thankful for having a grand father who showed me what I know and how to do it even head dresses I made are getting attention from some hi up places that look into stuff natives had and used

[@bowlofsoup12]

My name is Jeff

[@allancrow134]

You must have a good collection of musket balls to go along with it.

[@kevinverduci7600]

How did you manage that. I always wanted a true arrowhead. My father had one made of bone from his grandfather in west Virginia around 1910. It was stolen after my father passed and it breaks my heart . What did the Iroquois use? Flint ,bone ?

[@kylefrye3573]

I'm pretty sure mine is bigger

[@texasgal6201]

I find history of the native tribes so interesting. Always have.

[@coldsun5495]

I actually find it very boring. But again it's good to learn history 😌

[@peterhunter6040]

@@coldsun5495 same. there's nothing really new or interesting about them

[@PappyGunn]

I do too, but I resent the fact that it is largely whitewashed to make the natives sound inocent and virtuous. This documentary shows they were just like any other men.

[@the-based-jew6872]

@@PappyGunn in reality they stole each others land and enlvd each other.

[@jasonbrown372]

@@the-based-jew6872 in reality GFYS

[@jazzani95]

This is a well researched documentary. My French ancestors were farmers from Loudun, France and were the first group of French settlers to Acadia. My great grandfather transported sugar by canoe along the St. John river. Before the British came they moved and farmed across the bay in what is now New Brunswick and Maine. They were not deported but were forced to sign an oath of allegiance to the British Crown. Likely they had cooperative relations with the Native Americans who preceded them on the land.

[@giantgrowth4204]

This narrator is 100 percent not a robot

[@whiteonggoy7009]

Makes a nice change

[@RussellGeorge67]

She has a very charming manner. I've watched a few of her videos and enjoyed all of them. I think it's a combination of the everyday but alien subject matter of Russian City Life and her straightforward manner and quiet confidence. You Tube at its best in my opinion.

[@n0madfernan257]

You have to select first for cars from the grid to verify that

[@StevenJRoosa]

Are you sure? (Haha.)

[@ynotdeviltry5968]

His intensity scares me

[@matthewmayhem9213]

I'm descended from the Tuscarora-Iroquois and proud of it.

[@bigj7867]

Same!

[@benconner884]

Same

[@gordforbes417]

Our home on native land. This is excellent. This must be taught in schools. The history of North America. Not often told ❤. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@andreaholamon5238]

My grandmother was a full blooded Mohawk, St Regis. Thank you for sharing some of our history… I often feel like the larger and more financially successful tribes get the most coverage.

[@PappyGunn]

I agree, the Mohawks get little media coverage of their across the border trafficking around the Cornwall area.

[@sebastienloyer9471]

@@PappyGunn LoL, it's ok like that. It is call free enterprise

[@Markbeb3]

My Grandfather was full blood Mohawk we always believe he was Italy but found out 25 years ago he was from tribes of the Mohawk and adoption into the Senator Bakers family from Boston

[@jurgbangerter1023]

You are right the Hurons are more business-like same as the Crees, you Mohawks were used like a Waffen SS troops to do a Genocide on the Algonquin tribes on order of the British, so you are now on stolen Huron land claiming it to be ancestral....

[@truman5838]

Im mohawk. Brantford 6 Nations and Bay of Quinte.

[@lorrainericardo8680]

wow, it's about time we hear about the real history of Canada ,, I'm French Canadian and catholic and am now 72 yrs old ,,, I don't remember our schools ever teaching us about this history , and I was born in Ottawa , and most of my relatives comes from Quebec side ,, beside being French I'm also of some indian blood line , which we are considered as Metis ,, I was always proud of that indian blood line we had ,, but were told to ignore it , but how can we ignore something that's running through your veins ,, in any case I'm so glad I came across this documentary, you should show this on TV channels all over Canada ,, and make people realize their real history ,, they would be more humbled then ,, anyway ,, thanks for that ,, my grandmother always said she had indian blood in her ,, of 3-4 different tribes ,and so did my dad , and mom, , wow, I was also told to read this book 'Reindeer massacre " which some of my descendants comes from ,, I was very shocked by that book ,, a documentary ,, anyway, thanks again for all this new info ,, now I can sing but also pray for my ancestors and my country with a new insight of my Country's history , ,, May God bless Canada and our native brothers and sisters ,, we are as one or should be ,, be at peace ,,

[@flygirl2b]

I found out my paternal grandfather's side was all French Canadian fur traders and probably missionaries blended, mostly assimilated with Iroquois - one entire branch was killed by the Iroquois - most settled in Trois-Rivières. My great great grandmother was supposedly full-blooded Ojibwe. There is not nearly enough information out there about the indigenous nations.

[@impressiveprogressive7343]

I see Wes Studi influenced artwork, nice!!! His performance in Last of the Mohicans was flawless!!!

[@bogtrottername7001]

A friend of mine worked on that film & he said Wes Studi was the nicest person you might ever meet.

[@mrsmucha]

These historical documentaries are so good! They should be used in classrooms for history lessons.

[@neganrex5693]

Schools don't teach history anymore, now its BS socialist studies.

[@kennybachman35]

Can’t it would get branded CRT by republicans and banned from the school curriculum. They want to whitewash history in their own image (like their religions) so factual history is out.

[@donaldstorm4959]

I agree with you 100%. This stuff should be taught in schools

[@randquadrozzi5850]

What is taught at school nowadays has more to do with people's political views than our actual history which some people find offensive.But to deny or hide it is ridiculous.The British committed lot's of atrocities when they were colonizing around the world but they are not ashamed.

[@surmettre]

My professor used it for my History 1301 class!

[@danholman3533]

Outstanding! Well delivered and richly detailed.

[@robertlangbridge1936]

Thank you for that, I know the Canadian history a little bit better now... I worked for Cirque Du Solei as a tent builder, a Roadie and a Prep Chef when they brought the tour to Australia, loved my time working with Canadians...

[@philliplyn2692]

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@Jibbie49]

In the early 1800's, monthly magazines published "books" in chapters over a number of months. James Fennimore Cooper complained to his wife that a popular story in one magazine had terrible writing and story line, but was still published and liked by readers. She told him "Well, if you think you can write something better, then do it, but make sure it is excellent." He wrote "The Last of the Mohicans" published in 1826 and the other 4 books in "The Leather Stocking Tales."

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Yep! I would like to see films as good as the 1992 Last of the Mohicans cover more of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales.

[@LuzMaria95]

Shoutout to all indigenous natives there ever was!!! 💯💯💯

[@PappyGunn]

Ever read "The last of the Mohican"? Now you know who killed the others.

[@thewhitedoncheadle8345]

especially the big mac tribe. whatever happend to the mc chicken tribe

[@michaelleblanc7283]

Easy to say if your kin hadn't been at Oyster River chief.

[@meb2126]

Thank you, for this history lesson! 🙂

[@peteh.5142]

This is amazing! Wish they would have taught this in our history classes. I might have paid more attention.

[@ayyab1615]

then join APUSH thats all we do

[@Kronaphasia]

Don't know how old you are but this was covered in my grade school history lessons circa mid to late 70's.

[@peteh.5142]

@@Kronaphasia Not sure how old you are as well and it was not covered in my High School history class. If it had....I wouldn't have left the comment I did. I take my hat off to your school for presenting another side.

[@antiNuetron]

Very interesting. My 9th great grandfather came from France and landed in Port Royal Acadia, Nova Scotia. Died in 1609

[@PappyGunn]

6 years before mine. Ile d'Orlean.

[@jessicaviola2963]

That was very interesting i loved every bit of it i hope to see more thank you.

[@williamrumsby5612]

Being an Englishman, I knew nothing of these wars, we are not taught this in our history lessons. Brave warriors must be remembered

[@orangefan044]

thats a shame, im mohak, Iroquois we both lost great souls, good warriors should be remembered,,

[@masada2828]

What you never saw the movie ‘The Last of the Mohicans” (there have been 9 adaptations since 1912). Once you see that movie, you go to the History books.

[@joeysausage3437]

William, make sure you spread the word as I am tired of your fellow countrymen constantly claim that Americans are ignorant of history and spread lies. When I read comments on other similar topics I just laugh at the stupidity of Brits. Look up Tecumseh and his Dad. More bloodshed because of your Country.

[@patriciadavis1367]

Wonderfully done !!!

[@thememoryhole9355]

I love that this channel tells all sides of the story. That is very rare these days and is much appreciated. Awesome video.

[@Reneelwaring]

All sides? Where is the history of the Anendesti? AKA the Susquehannocks?

[@nondelusional]

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[@bob_greene]

my great(x3) grandmother on my mother's side was Native American; I was raised in central PA. & had to ask around to figure what possibilities existed for the tribe she was from; @ one point, I thought I might have part Iroquois lineage, but later I figured she might have been either Susquehannock or possibly Lenape (pushed westward when the Europeans started "settling" the lands

[@Reneelwaring]

@@bob_greene My 3x Grandmother was Mary Hannah Woods who was full blooded Leni Lenape living in Centre County, Pa. She was born in the late 1700's and lived to be 104. Was a slave to the Spotts family until she turned 94 on Rattle Snake Turnpike. Family stories say they contacted her son to come and get her or they would take her into the woods to let her die there. The Leni Lenape aka The Delaware Indians were subjugated by the Iroquois and considered "women" but the Susquehannocks called them "The Old Ones". I asked a friend of mine who was 1/2 Susquehannock why the Anendesti didn't defeat the Seneca when they had the chance and he said "how can you do that to your children"?

[@paulm749]

4:25 Timeline really should give Wes Studi some sort of credit here.

[@ronniefowler9194]

We are greater than some give us credit I am proud of my Native blood 🙏🦁

[@AeneasGemini]

Do you have Iroquois ancestry? Or is this random?

[@mutiny_on_the_bounty]

PSA: Anyone born in the Americas is Native American. Always check the box on all applications.

[@coldsun5495]

@@mutiny_on_the_bounty no. They are different, one is a thief .

[@mutiny_on_the_bounty]

The Algonquin?

[@justonemori]

@@coldsun5495 Apaches make their living off stealing

[@dmeinhertzhagen8764]

The Iroquois were on the verge of defeat when they agreed to sign the Great Peace of 1701 in Montreal.

[@PappyGunn]

Yes they were not stupid. Call a truce in order to rearm.

[@dayerotth8273]

And we're rearming. In a peaceful ways they have money, and our Gold.

[@samvogel2368]

Anyone else notice that every painting of Native American is a portrait of Wes Studi?

[@conifergreen2]

That was awesome. Great narration too.

[@jacquescousteau217]

I grew up in Irondequoit,New York. Mh families front yard was Lake Ontario . The Finger Lakes region were all named after different tribes . Canandaigua , Conesus, Seneca,Cayuga,Honeoye,and Keuka Lake - where I went to Camp Lawrence Cory as a kid. Living in log cabins with four bunks in each cabin - went through rituals every night around campfires, sailing during the days, learning about the history of the area , and discipline - There are other lakes in the immediate area as well that were all named after different tribes .Skaneateles Canadice,Mohawk,and Hemlock . I’m sure I’m missing some lakes . Point being the first museum I ever went to was in Rochester , it was all related to the Iroquois tribe . Everything was original period pieces . That is the history of upstate New York . There are also many Indian tribes in cities ,and towns in New England . I don’t understand why some pronounce Iroquois as “ Ear a kwah “ it’s always been “ Ear a coy “ if you grew up in the area …

[@TS-vr4xq]

Unfortunately in many societies today there seems to be an unending use of laziness when pronouncing many words of any kind . Here in Canada we do say "ear a coy" , especially around lower Ontario because we are close to many of this nations territory . Hope this helps .

[@shainemaine1268]

Terrific show!

[@craigkdillon]

The Iroquois were NOT a tribe. The Iroquois was a confederation of 5, then 6 tribes. Cayuga, Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga, and Oneida. Later, the Tuscarora were admitted as a junior tribe.

[@jamesalanstephensmith7930]

Informative!

[@thedarkside314]

I actually like the narrator. Makes it more badass.

[@geezzerboy]

Hi Dan; have you ever heard of the Selkirk Settlers? In 1812, Lord Selkirk, a Scottish Noble, and Governor of the Hudson's Bay Co. sent a group of his serfs, and their families, to the south-west shore of Hudson's Bay, and down river to present day Winnipeg. They had to interact with the native Cree and the Metis, descendants of the male French Voyagers and their Cree wives. When Canada formed in 1867, the Metis weren't included leading to the Red River Rebellion. It was put down by Sir Garnet Wolsely and the 60th Rifles, over land through the Great Lakes. A great untold story.

[@suspicionofdeceit]

Untold no longer.

[@geezzerboy]

@@suspicionofdeceit Right. I looked on-line for it about twelve years ago, but found nothing. The 2012, 200 year anniversary produced lots of video documentaries. I have since watched a few. None so far recount the journey of the 60th Rifles going to Winnipeg marching north of the Lakes. Civilians going out to Red River Colony went south of the Lakes. The 60th Rifles, ready for a battle, weren't allowed into the USA.

[@mikedickison244]

Amazing isn't it how times change. We stopped some hundreds of soldiers in a place very few lived and allow literally millions unarmed people to invade where millions already live.

[@PappyGunn]

Go to Winnipeg and you'll never hear the end of that particular story...

[@lebotnov66]

The Selkirk Expedition to the Red River Because of his positive experience with the de Meurons, Lord Selkirk sent an agent to Switzerland to recruit civilians to emigrate to the Red River Colony. After the War of 1812, a hundred men from the disbanded Swiss regiments were hired by Lord Selkirk to accompany him there. After occupying Fort William, a small detachment of 30 soldiers and 2 officers continued west and entered Fort Douglas by the Red River, re-establishing order. Some of these soldiers stayed on as settlers. Today the Avenue des Meurons in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the Point de Meuron nearby are reminders of the Swiss regiment's settlers. In 1821, after a journey of unremitting hardship, 180 new settlers arrived in November, only to find that no cabins had been built for them. Nor were there enough provisions. About half of the new arrivals had to set off for Pembina near the US border, where conditions where believed to be more favorable. Three years of flooding and plagues of locusts drove most inhabitants of the Red River Colony to greener pastures. Peter Rindisbacher, who had at age 15 come with his family to Red River, made a number of watercolour sketches of the Swiss immigrants' journey. His depictions of Indigenous and trader life on the prairies are a valuable historical and artistic record of that period.

[@myemail5457]

This is one thing I learned from my Grand parents when I was listening to the stories of the family elders. They came from the north of Lake Onterio and east,along the St Laurence River. Following the Champlain valley south,then north in spring. Great video of history, thank you for taking the time.

[@cwavt8849]

This quality of narrative and narration is why I am a subscriber of this remarkable channel

[@lindapow9351]

tHURALLY ENJOYED LISTENING TO THE HOST SHARING THE REAL HISTORY OF THE PAST TO LEARN ABOUT THE FUTURE. rEAL tIME tRUTHS!

[@michaelweeks9317]

Exceptionally well researched and presented. Bravo and well done! Potty mouth Mike, San Antonio, Texas

[@CalienteDesign]

I'm Dutch whose family (cousins) married their trading partners, the Seneca and Mohawk. Cornplanter is a cousin, a Dutch-Seneca war chief. The story behind not only the wars, but the history and customs of the Five Nations is fascinating. In the beginning many Protestant American colonists, (at the behest of the Catholic Jesuits) were captured by the Mohawks and taken to Canada. Some escaped, but others decided to stay with their adopted family, and so I am related to many Canadian First Nations people as well as those still living near the old Seneca Reservations in NY where my grandmother was born. An intensely interesting part of American history which is not deeply researched or understood. Their bi-racial sons and daughters played a big part in assisting other tribes to understand how they could use American law, medicine and education to help them fight for their rights.

[@drewrowl]

Well, tell us everything you know now or get capturen!

[@RickGrimes007]

Keep telling your stories brother!! Keep your blood alive !! God bless and keep you!🙌🏽🙏🏼

[@rancidcrawfish]

So..are you dutch or an american

[@thomascoady3782]

Fascinating history that should be taught as a true education for the youth of Canada and the USA.

[@zohlandt]

There's nothing Dutch about you.

[@fram1111]

Great informative video, also later nick-named Jungle warfare and close combat. Semper Fi

[@kylealcombrack8274]

I am from Upstate New York. Where the St Lawrence river and Lake Ontario meet. Home of the Iroquois.

[@jamesclark4523]

I’m Akwesasne Mohawk, I’ve studied extensively. I understand that our tribe wasn’t a rainbow and sun shine history that many like to say. There were no mention in this documentary about our Cannabliss history . The name Mohawk means ( eater of men) but we keep historical records accurate whether it’s complementary to us or not. In saying that “ there’s two things in this world that I can’t stomach. People who hate others because of their race, nation of origin or culture. And .. the French.

[@rodwoods2108]

LOL!!!!

[@hdwallace8145]

Same ole chit as today….history repeats itself

[@tomsmith5216]

Interesting history not commonly known compared to later French and Indian War history. Msde even more interesting by the narrator. What a great speaking voice ! A well done documentary all round.

[@danandsueharris1005]

Nice bro. Dave. This was really good. Bet this would make an awesome book. 😄😄

[@OrigMaelstrom]

Host has a great voice...for radio

[@user-du3vo5ld2j]

@4:27 that is totally Wes Studi who played Magua in last of the Mohicans.

[@laurencethornblade8357]

No, Le Renard Subtil.

[@genmanion2389]

i don't know if she was a "replacement" but mary jamison was taken by the seneca. i read a book about her life, it was really good. it said they would be on the water at letchworth(state park ny) so the next time i went there i walked down and around by the edge

[@paulpowell4871]

Great stuff

[@annamosier1950]

Very good work

[@brad5426]

Love this video and good narration!

[@xanbex8324]

Read of the adventurous life of Pierre Raddison very very exciting!

[@patriot03062]

EXCELLENT

[@carmenrizzo6408]

Great Spirit

[@MichaelSmith-ij2ut]

This host is definitely not a robot in disguise

[@Jake-oq4bb]

Hes freaking hilarious and dramatic !!!!!

[@crazyforNarnia1]

The Oneida worked with the rebels/revolutionaries in the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Barren Hill outside of Philadelphia.

[@dayerotth8273]

Yeah in the Daniel Boone TV ceael talks about this. Daniel Boone fitting 4 our rights

[@PaulSmith-tt2cy]

Thanks!

[@kinggilgamesh8735]

I would like to see a video on the Cherokee

[@mutiny_on_the_bounty]

Yes. Yes what? They did have African slaves. 74 Native ways warfare

[@mutiny_on_the_bounty]

Yes. Huh? That is the actual title.

[@jessecaldwell9970]

Thank you. Great history documentary. Maybe the next one should be on the Southeast since this one is on the northeast..then on to the next

[@montyjohnson4279]

Great history of Eastern Canada. Thank you!

[@Orphen42O]

The French allied with the Hurons during the French and Indian War. The Iroquois sided with the British. Because the Iroquois sided with the British during the Revolutionary War, some of them were resettled in Southeastern Ontario at sites granted in 1784 for the settlement of the Six Nations. The city of Brantford, Ontario is named after Joseph Brant, a Mohawk chief who was allied with the British during the American Revolution.

[@azt69boyz72]

Very informative. A lot of fighting and massacres in an area where it snows in May. Evil abounds.

[@Raven135]

What an amazing storyteller the narrator is!💜

[@andromeda331]

Thank you for doing videos on Native American tribes. More please.

[@coastlinesailingcruisingan3991]

Nice picture of Wes Studi a Cherokee. :-)

[@mohawk2138]

Wes STUDDI AS A PRESENTATION OF THE HURON ..... RIGHT ON.

[@Bayan1905]

My Great-Grandmother on my mother side is Mohawk and my Grandmother on my father's side was half-Mohawk and half French and I live in what used to be at one time, New France in northern NY. It's amazing that the history is finally being told.

[@nondelusional]

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[@JoJoTetrault]

My family is from Johnson Hall where Molly Brant had 8 of her children with her husband, Sir William Johnson. Her brother was Joseph Brant. Great story!

[@HappyHermitt]

My Cajun roots are in Acadia and eventually France. My ancestors were exiled and sent to some of the most uninhabitable lands in North America. The indigenous taught the Cajuns how to survive and actually thrive in the swamps and marshes. I'm proud of my heritage and culture. Its definitely unique compared to the rest of the nation..

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

Cajun? Nice

[@towertone]

Good info but I prefer to have more timelines and better map graphics than dramatizations.

[@oldmanballer5088]

Legend says this guy still hasn’t blinked

[@mtnwriter4011]

What I could never understand is why so much history on the American continent has been ignored for so long - by authors and filmmakers. What about tribes living here 1000 (and 2000) years ago? How about 5000 years ago? So many untold stories. But for some reason they only pick up on the "Indian" accounts when the colonies begin. This is the very first account I've heard yet that preceded the colonies by 100 + years.

[@georgednfl8408]

I love history 💯

[@davidneumann5175]

Excellent 👍🏻

[@gabbybuzzard1543]

I grew up in upstate NY but we only learned about NY Native Americans, so thank you for extending my knowledge

[@crhu319]

10:34 the deal had been made earlier in 1603-4 by Membertou. Wabanaki, Innu, Wendat, Algonquin, all asked the French in. The landing at Petite Riviere / Green Bay in 1604 was arranged by Membertou. Wabanaki Alliance was already closely associated with the Mikmaq. The French surveyed the southwest and chose Port Royal, it was no surprise. French were irrevocably on the other side against Iroquois esp after the Mikmaq converted en masse to Catholicism and were intermarried with French settlers, making the Acadians. 22:00 the English could never make separate peace for this reason. Only once the French were defeated utterly in North America would the Wabanaki / Mikmaq sign a truce. 40:54 they were sheltering family.

[@kennethfox1586]

Great channel

[@philipmcluskey6805]

the true tragedies of history. this was excellent.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

@ philipmcluskey6805 I think the real tragedy for the natives of the Americas and elsewhere was that they had no acquired immunity to the nasty viruses and bacteria that had ravaged Eurasia and parts of Africa for generations (millennia). Even smallpox, fevers, plague, flu and cholera were still killing Europeans when they arrived to the "New Worlds" So, it is no great mystery why so many Native peoples died from the same!

[@kevinshamrok]

When the Iroquois had come through what is now Hamilton Ontario, they slaughtered a smaller tribe for not joining them to fight. Unfortunately, nobody knows the name of the slaughtered tribe because they were killed just prior to the arrival of Europeans to that area. The group had their last stand in the area of where Dundurn Castle sits prior to its construction Around 2004, I was digging out a crawl space to create a proper basement under a house constructed in the late 1700 to early 1800’s located next to the property of Dundurn Castle and found a human rib bone approximately 4’ down in the soil under the home. I figured that the bone must have been there for a long while since it was the original crawl space under the home and the depth of where it was located. I learned about the history of the massacre while researching that particular area’s history after finding the rib bone

[@manuscriptking8175]

OUTSTANDING ✌️

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

You oughta get it analyzed by a lab!

[@kevinshamrok]

@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin this was almost 20 years ago and the homeowner took possession of it 🤷‍♂️. I wish I had given it to the university. I was suspicious the homeowner just didn’t want anyone looking into it just in case it meant work had to be stopped

[@reptar5124]

Or maybe the home owner was a Canadian John Wayne Gacey and didn't want you disturbing his buried "trophys" in his crawl space

[@nondelusional]

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[@pepleatherlab3872]

The deportation of Acadians actually occurred twice in that region. The English sent them south to French Louisiana where they established Acadian-Cajun communities. Some, not content with swamp living, attempted to return but were caught and deported a second time.

[@mitsverdi5832]

I had no idea Micmaqs were so fierce ... A nation of true warriors ! Halifax has always been a citadelle !

[@creaturecaldwell9858]

Great narration ..not many as powerful.

[@donaldstorm4959]

This is also very interesting! Stuff we should have learned in school!

[@user-yi6nb9sj9i]

I learned it in school . Grade school as a matter of fact . They don't teach history in school anymore .

[@Idellphany]

I'm from north eastern PA and we learned a lot of this .

[@wade4452]

My Great-Great-Grandfather Nathaniel Green ran Cornwallis out of North Carolina under George Washington's leadership. My family have been Patriots to this nation since it's inception and intend to continue to be so. This is the side of the family where our Native American ancestors came from within my family. Many men married into Native American tribes to attain trade rights under Native American peoples.

[@adamputnam4172]

Enjoyed. The way he said “WAR” is entertaining

[@johnausten8161]

This was really good. Better than many TV documentaries I've seen. Bit over contrived dramatic presentation in places... and it should be 'the war dragged on' not 'drug on' but that's just a tiny criticism of an otherwise 1st Class effort. Well done.

[@ColdWarVet607]

Amazingstory, amazing culture of the Native Americans. What blows me away the most is how they not only survived but flourished around the Great Lakes and its incredibly harsh winters. No electricity, no modern buildings, no high tech winter clothing, nothing but pure raw guts and a knowledge of how to live off the land, something we no longer possess. Imagine if no one came over from Europe, what would North America look like. Probably much like it was then, people living well in harmony with nature, you could still swim in and eat fish from the Hudson River, in other worlds , a wonderful world.

[@WERob-to5sp]

Harmony? With virtually no medicine or technology, they were extremely subject to famine, disease and debilitating injuries - just like every other culture that existed at that technical level in human history - from Africa, to Europe to Asia.

[@fugoffazshoel6357]

You honestly think these tribes were at peace? Everyone just got along? How naive.

[@ColdWarVet607]

@@fugoffazshoel6357 Never said that BIMBO, I'll dumb it down as you obviously need that. I said they lived off the land with out ruining it. There, simple words for a little brain.

[@ColdWarVet607]

​@@WERob-to5sp Harmony with the land is living off the land without destroying or polluting it, that's got nothing to do with medicine or technology?

[@paulbriggs3072]

They were constantly at war with their neighbors and detailed accounts prove it. Then first recorded account of French contact with the Cayugas from the late 1600's was a war party that visited the French outpost on Onondaga lake, just returned from raiding Hurons in Canada. They had a young Huron girl with them of about 8 years old whom they had taken captive and she was being marched with them ultimately to their land further south along the northern portion of Cayuga lake, The French sent a young priest to go with them to see if there was a way to get her back through diplomacy at some point. (The Hurons were the ally of the French who themselves had come down from CAnada) He went on what he described in his diary as an exhausting, trek at a grueling pace arriving at dusk. He entered one of their bark houses and slept a bit, only to be awoken by dancing and commotion to find to his horror that they had killed and were roasting her to eat as a meal in honor of their strange foreign guest. Modern politically correct history of North Americans tribes is one of the most censored and invented narratives of any people in the world. Even Verrazzano's voyage from the early 1500's to the Caribbean found cannibals who killed and ate their enemies, including ultimately. Verrazzano himself.

[@wilshirewarrior2783]

8:30.. what is this guy’s point? The musket ball "causes a large wound” as opposed to the arrow which will kill a person easily but the wound is not “large”. That guy is dizzy

[@paulkaz2127]

What he was speaking about, was related to animals furs. An arrow left the fur much more intact and therefore more valuable in trade to the market ( wealthy Europeans). I hope that clears that up.

[@jonnieboy2807]

I loved this, the detail and presentation style is very good. I don't believe the appetite for this sort of history outwith North America is going to do anything but increase. The USA, particularly, doesn't teach this history of of the conflicts it's beginnings directly resulted in enough. The internet can be awesome for how we can all watch, or, in this example, it's quite brilliant that you can also listen it through too [whilst having a bath soak and a nice clean head shave in it, with cocktails and grilled chicken, with some herb in my case], it's a great audio for a long drive I'll bet too, because the story teller is not just reading a script, he's expressing it too.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you

[@leger205]

I am full blooded Acadian from New Brunswick Canada

[@edjones7709]

I learned so much here in those few minutes. A great Canadian production, (Has to be = First Nation) It is great to hear the story from another point of view. If only the actors had learned to handle a flintlock!

[@bogtrottername7001]

They keep showing what looks to me like a non-firing replica .

[@jeremytaylor3532]

Really great presentation. It was fairly well balanced and presented most sides with warts and all. It somewhat painted Cornwallis as the originator of paying for scalps. He was following a tradition that had been previously practiced. By the French, the Hurons and the Iroquois. Not that Cornwallis was a nice guy. His tactics against the Scots and the Mic Mac were brutal.

[@lindapow9351]

NOW THIS IS A GREAT EDUCATION RATHER THAN AT SCHOOL That's A Choice!

[@HistoryUniversity]

Honestly we need to be taught more about indigenous Americans.

[@AeneasGemini]

People don't 'need to be' taught anything, history is a rich tapestry which people can learn from at their leisure, selecting the parts they find interesting. Forcing people to learn history usually only makes them resentful, better they come to the topics they like on their own

[@kingstarscream320]

@@AeneasGemini I disagree. Could you imagine if a Zoomer didn’t know what WW2 was? Some history particularly relevant to your country and the world should be taught to students. The rest of it can be learned at their leisure.

[@neganrex5693]

@@kingstarscream320 I know people that don't know anything about world war two in their 20's and 30's. Those in-charge of the education system don't want kids knowing how much socialist in America mirror the NAZI's. Now we have socialist studies. History class is now a in home education. My wife found that our kids and the neighbor kids that come over enjoy her stories of history. She is a history buff and knows her stuff.

[@neganrex5693]

History University their is no such thing as indigenous Americans unless you are talking about the wild life in America. Yep she does 1,000,000 BC prehistory to. Did you know the very first people that stepped foot on American soil was seal hunters from Europe that predates the land bridge bunch by 4,000 years.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

@@neganrex5693 There is evidence for the first "discoverers" of the Americas from several areas (South pacific islanders, Solutrians, Sea-faring people of Japan/Russia. Siberia, the Altai region, what is now Xinjiang province, China was one huge "mixing bowl" for people ("whites" and "asians") for thousands of years before the LGM. (Last Glacial Maxium)

[@debicaron6046]

As a woman with Mohawk roots I can tell you the woman were very important while the men took off fighting

[@creaturecaldwell9858]

Great Narration

[@rattar7640]

I like the fact that the narrator is a Native American.

[@ramthianthomson601]

Thank you so much.

[@LeCanadienErrant1]

(Cont'd) Also, the Five Nations did not "band together to resist the French Empire". The Longhouse is estimated to have existed some five or six generations before the arrival of Europeans, meaning that while Hugo Grotius was dreaming of a "Family of Nations", the Hodenasaune had already established one.

[@justforfunsies5000]

So…the longhouses existed before the Scandinavian vikings came over and brought their architectural expertise with them? 🤔

[@LeCanadienErrant1]

@@justforfunsies5000 How you reached that conclusion is beyond me. Grotius wrote his “Laws of War and Peace” in the early 1620’s, I think. Europeans came to Stadacona almost a hundred years before that. The Longhouse had already existed for well over 75 years before THAT. So what in blazes do the Vikings have to do with anything? They never ventured anywhere NEAR Longhouse territory. And what was the point about their “architectural expertise”? Are you seriously suggesting that Amerinds were incapable of building long wooden huts before white men came and taught them how? Sounds like a rather interesting world outlook, there, but it sure ain't mine.

[@justforfunsies5000]

@@LeCanadienErrant1 So you don’t know where the Eastern tribes came from? Might want to do a little research before tossing assumptions around. 😉 The Europeans and the Eastern tribes are related. You’re only going back 600-700 years instead of going back even further. Might wanna do that.

[@LeCanadienErrant1]

@@justforfunsies5000 Wow, THAT was an impressive detour, even if totally irrelevant. The “Eastern tribes” you talk of came from the West, like all Amerinds. There is some debate as to EXACTLY where they came from: it is physically obvious that Innu and West Coast Amerinds are of Siberian origin, but other peoples, like many central Mexicans, could easily pass visually for South-East Asians. Some believe they all came over the Bering Bridge, which sounds farfetched to me: I tend to subscribe to the multiple-points-of-entry theory (some walked over from Siberia, some sailed over from some Pacific islands or even from the Asian mainland). (Cont’d)

[@LeCanadienErrant1]

@@justforfunsies5000 (Cont’d) But the fact that these peoples have been here for as much as forty thousand years should be enough of a look into the past for you. Still, if you REALLY want to go back, the dominant theory is that we are all Africans. What I have NEVER heard is anyone claiming that our Amerinds were descendants of Europeans.