Maple History: A Canadian History Podcast

The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) got a shocking introduction to Europeans in 1609 when Champlain joined a raid into Haudenosaunee territory but they were quick to learn how to seek out other European allies for their benefit. When the Dutch arrived they sought out a trade relationship but so did the Mahican who also lived in the same area as some of the Mohawk. This episode will discuss the early days of the Dutch colony in New York and their relationship with the Haudenosaunee.Sources:BooksChamplain's Dream by David Hackett FischerThe Ambiguous Iroquois Empire by Francis JenningsThe Edge of the Woods by Jon ParmenterThe Ordeal of the Longhouse by Daniel K. RichterJournal ArticlesParmenter, Jon. 2013. “The Meaning of Kaswentha and the Two Row Wampum Belt in Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) History: Can Indigenous Oral Tradition Be Reconciled with the Documentary Record?” Journal of Early American History 3 (1): 82–109. https://doi.org/10.1163/18770703-00301005Parmenter, Jon. “In the Wake of Cartier: The Indigenous Context of Champlain’s Activities in the St. Lawrence Valley and Upper Great Lakes, 1550–1635.” In When the French Were Here—and They’re Still Here, edited by Nancy Nahra, 88–104. Burlington, VT: Champlain College, 2010.Carpenter, Roger. “Making War More Lethal: Iroquois vs Huron in the Great Lakes Region, 1609-1650.” Michigan Historical Review 27, no. 2 (Fall 2001): 33-51.To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Champlain is back and forth between France and Canada as he tries to find his way into the well established trade and kinship networks of the Wendat. He also gets married and his choice of bride isn't great.Sources:Champlain's Dream by David Hackett FischerThe Making of Canada: An Epic History in Twenty Extraordinary Lives by Greg KoabelThe Children of Aateantsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660 by Bruce TriggerNatives and Newcomers: Canada's "Heroic Age" Reconsidered by Bruce TriggerJournal Article:Carpenter, Roger. “Making War More Lethal: Iroquois vs. Huron in the Great Lakes Region, 1609 to 1650.” Michigan Historical Review 27, no. 2 (Fall 2001): 33–51. DOI: 10.2307/20173927 Fox, William "“It’s not personal, it’s strictly business”: Historical Accounts and Archaeological Evidence Concerning an Early-Seventeenth Century Partnership". Ontario History 115, no. 1 (2023) : 99–113. https://doi.org/10.7202/1098786arVz0lQfjLWWlvGgNioZybTo support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*This episodes contains a detailed account of torture.Champlain steps dramatically into a complex world of ancient kinship networks, complex diplomacy, and a long simmering war when he founds the city of Quebec in 1608. He finally meets the powerful Wendat people and assists them and their allies in a famous battle against the Haundenosaunee in the heart of Mohawk territory.Sources:Champlain's Dream by David Hackett FischerThe Making of Canada: An Epic History in Twenty Extraordinary Lives by Greg KoabelThe Children of Aateantsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660 by Bruce TriggerNatives and Newcomers: Canada's "Heroic Age" Reconsidered by Bruce TriggerJournal Article:Carpenter, Roger. “Making War More Lethal: Iroquois vs. Huron in the Great Lakes Region, 1609 to 1650.” Michigan Historical Review 27, no. 2 (Fall 2001): 33–51. DOI: 10.2307/20173927 To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take a look at the Beothuk people in this episode from their ancient beginnings on the island of Newfoundland to their demise through disease, starvation, and murder. It is a tragic story of the effects of colonization on a small population on an unforgiving land.SourcesBooks:Beothuk: How Story Made a People (Almost) Disappear by Christopher Patrick AylwardA History and Ethnography of the Beothuk by Ingeborg MarshallThe Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Acommodation, and Cultural Survival by Harald E.L. PrinsJournal Articles:Pastore, R. (1989). The Collapse of the Beothuk World. Acadiensis, 19(1), 52. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/12292Gilbert, W. (2011). Beothuk-European Contact in the 16th Century:: A Re-evaluation of the Documentary Evidence. Acadiensis, 40(1), 24–44.Holly, Donald H. “The Beothuk on the Eve of Their Extinction.” Arctic Anthropology 37, no. 1 (2000): 79–95. doi:10.2307/40316519.Online:Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador (Several pages on this site)To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we explore the early French attempts to settle in what would become Acadia, from Saint Croix to the more promising shores of Port-Royal. Who were the people who came? What were they hoping for? And how did they survive in a land already home to the Mi’kmaq? Join us as we discuss the story of one of the first European settlements in what is now Canada and the important relationship between those a settlers and the Mi'kmaq. Support us on PatreonSources:John Mack Faragher, A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland. 2005David Hackett Fischer, Champlain's Dream. 2008Daniel N. Paul, We Were Not The Savages 4th Ed, 2022Marcel Trudel, The Beginnings of New France 1524-1663. 1973To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 PatreonSources:Champlain's Dream by David Hacket FischerColonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 vol.1 by Bryan D. PalmerNatives and Newcomers: Canada's "Heroic Age" Reconsidered by Bruce TriggerThe Beginnings of New France 1524-1663 by Marcel TrudelTo support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 - "Donnacona Discovers Europe: Rereading Jacques Cartier's Voyages" by Ramsay CookMarcel Trudel, The Beginnings of New France 1524-1663, 1973.To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A fateful meeting between two worlds where some bold kidnapping starts off this relationship between Donnacona and Cartier.To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An exploration of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy including a close look at the Sky Woman story and The Great Law of Peace.To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 LabelleIf you really want to go deep into the history of the Wendat people, you can read The Children of Aataentsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660 by Bruce G. Trigger. It also works as a doorstop when you finish with it. It is great, but a huge book. To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A cross country tour of the historical Indigenous nations in what is now Canada.To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An exploration of the connections forged between the Indigenous people across what is now Canada and parts of the United States.To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.Further reading:The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere by Paulette F.C. Steeves1491 by Charles C. MannTo support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is just a quick introduction for the Canadian history podcast that will cover as much of our history as I can manage. To support the show consider signing up for the PatreonFollow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.