Maple History: A Canadian History Podcast

There had been a few men with colonial ambitions from France but they had all ended in failure. Champlain starts his colonial career as an observer ready to learn some lessons from his predecessors. Maple History Patreon Sources: Champlain's Dream by David Hacket Fischer Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 vol.1 by Bryan D. Palmer Natives and Newcomers: Canada's "Heroic Age" Rec...

Today's episode is a discussion of the violence in both the Wendat world and Europe. We will be talking about the Mourning Wars between the Wendat and Haudenosaunee and the scale of the violence of the wars waged in Europe. Get extra content on Patreon or Substack Follow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPod Follow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Marguerite de la Rocque de Roberval's story of being marooned on an island off of Newfoundland in 1542 is something that amazes everyone who hears it but she keeps getting shunted to a footnote in the story of the early colonization of Canada. Gordon, Alan. The Hero and the Historian: Historiography and the Uses of Jacques Cartier . Toronto: UBC Press, 2010. Trudel, Marcel, The Beginnings of New F...

Between when Cartier and Champlain arrived in North America, the St. Lawrence Iroquois ‘disappeared’. Where did they go and why did they go? Maybe we should ask the Basques. The Children of Aateantsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660 by Bruce Trigger Natives and Newcomers: Canada's "Heroic Age" Reconsidered by Bruce Trigger Gates St-Pierre, Christian. (2016). Iroquoians in the St. Lawrence R...

All but one of Cartier's kidnapped Stadaconans have died but he's ready to make his third voyage back to Canada. This time he's second in command to Roberval and, let's just say, they don't make a great team. Further reading: Jacques Cartier, The Voyages of Jacques Cartier, edited by Ramsay Cook (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993). In particular the introduction is very helpful - "Donnaco...

A fateful meeting between two worlds where some bold kidnapping starts off this relationship between Donnacona and Cartier. Sources: Trigger, Bruce. The Children of Aataentsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660 . Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1987. Trigger, Bruce. Natives and Newcomers: Canada’s “Heroic Age” Reconsidered . Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2002. Cartier,...

An exploration of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy including a close look at the Sky Woman story and The Great Law of Peace. Sources: Johansen, Bruce Elliott, and Barbara Alice Mann, editors. Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). Greenwood Press, 2000 Mann, Barbara A. and Jerry L. Fields. 1997. “A Sign in the Sky: Dating the League of the Haudenosaunee.” American Indian Culture an...

A closer look at the spirituality, cultural norms, The Feast of the Dead burial ritual, and overall society of the Wendat Confederacy. Be warned that there is some discussion of torture and somewhat graphic descriptions of how death rituals were carried out. For further reading: Dispersed But Not Destroyed by Kathryn Magee Labelle If you really want to go deep into the history of the Wendat p...

A cross country tour of the historical Indigenous nations in what is now Canada. Sources: Alan D. McMillan & Eldon Yellowhorn, First People in Canada 3rd Ed Carolyn Podruchny, “Trickster Lessons in Early Canadian Indigenous Communities Ingeborg Marshall, A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk. 1996 Dale Jarvis, “Exploring the Legend of Sedna”, Inside Labrador, Summer 2018 Get extra content o...

An exploration of the connections forged between the Indigenous people across what is now Canada and parts of the United States. Sources: Alan D. McMillan and Eldon Yellowhorn, First Peoples in Canada 3rd Edition Adrain L. Burke and Christian Gates St-Pierre, “After Beringia: The Archaeology of Indigenous Social Networks”, in in Allan Greer, Ed. Before Canada: Northern North America in a Connected...

An examination of the old and new theories of how humans came to North America and became the ancient ancestors of the Indigenous people on the continent. Sources: The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere by Paulette F.C. Steeves 1491 by Charles C. Mann Erlandson, Jon M., Michael H. Graham, Bruce J. Bourque, Debra Corbett, James A. Estes, and Robert S. Steneck. 2007. “The Kelp Highway...

This is just a quick introduction for the Canadian history podcast that will cover as much of our history as I can manage. Get extra content on Patreon or Substack Follow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPod Follow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.