We are back with three stories that Haudenosaunee people tell.  The first one is a short story on where stories come from.  Then we have a tale about Bear and Buffalo.  Finally we have Skunny-Wundy.  A person who just can't help but tell everyone how great he is.

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Reworked and based on traditional Seneca Nation stories.  

SKUNNY WUNDY: SENECA INDIAN TALES BY ARTHUR CASWELL PARKER

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Today we end our seven part series on the French and Indian War. The years 1759 and 1760 would see the end of all conflict in North America for the Seven Years War.  This week we cover the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, how the Haudenosaunee united with the Canadian Iroquois against the French, the Battle of the Thousand Islands, the burning of the Onondaga village of Oswegatchi, the fall of Montreal and the Treaty of Paris in 1763 that forever changed the balance of power in North America. 

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THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA BY FRED ANDERSON

THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER BY TIMOTHY J. SHANNON

GUYASUTA AND THE FALL OF INDIAN AMERICA BY BRADY J. CRYTZER

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Almost the entire fighting force of the Iroquois Confederacy will join the British as they try to take the keystone fort of the Great Lakes, Fort Niagara.

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IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER BY TIMOTHY J. SHANNON

THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA BY FRED ANDERSON

THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

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The British are slaughtered at Ticonderoga, but the the French loose Fort Frontinac, Native Americans sign the treaty of Easton and George Washington finally takes back the Ohio Country.

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IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER BY TIMOTHY J. SHANNON

THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA BY FRED ANDERSON

THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

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Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario and Fort William Henry on the south end of Lake George will face massive French and Indian armies.  Will they survive?

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THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA BY FRED ANDERSON

THE PAPERS OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON BY WILLIAM JOHNSON

THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER BY TIMOTHY J. SHANNON

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Braddock was defeated in Western Pennsylvania in 1755.  The same time that he was bleeding out, two other armies were making their way through Iroquois territory towards French forts.  Will they do any better?  This week we cover how the Mohawk were involved in the Battle of Lake George and the Fall of Fort Bull.

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THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA BY FRED ANDERSON

GUYASUTA AND THE FALL OF INDIAN AMERICA BY BRADY J. CRYTZER

THE PAPERS OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON BY WILLIAM JOHNSON

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British General Edward Braddock launches an invasion into the Ohio Country in Summer of 1755.  His aide George Washington is with him every step of the way.  Despite a force of 2,100 English. He only is able to find 8 Mingo-Iroquois to join him.  A lack of scouts will prove to be his doom.

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THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA BY FRED ANDERSON

GUYASUTA AND THE FALL OF INDIAN AMERICA BY BRADY J. CRYTZER

BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT BY DAVID L. PRESTON

THE JOURNAL OF MAJOR GEORGE WASHINGTON BY GEORGE WASHINGTON

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The Year is 1753 and the French, English, and the Mingo Iroquois are about to light a powder keg that will turn into a world war.  A 21 year old soldier sets out to deliver a message with an Iroquois Viceroy to a French Fort.

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THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA BY FRED ANDERSON

GUYASUTA AND THE FALL OF INDIAN AMERICA BY BRADY J. CRYTZER

BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT BY DAVID L. PRESTON

THE JOURNAL OF MAJOR GEORGE WASHINGTON BY GEORGE WASHINGTON

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From 1701 to 1753 the Haudenosaunee used Diplomacy to strengthen and expand their Confederacy by holding trade and alliance councils with New France other North American tribes and many of the English Colonies.  

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IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER BY TIMOTHY J. SHANNON

THE TUSCARORA WAR BY DAVID LA VERE

NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA BY THOMAS JEFFERSON

THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA BY FRED ANDERSON

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After the invasion by Col. Barnwell from South Carolina in 1712.  The Lower Tuscarora have to deal with another colonial force in 1713.  A show down at Fort Neoheroka will be one of the bloodiest massacres in American History.

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IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER BY TIMOTHY J. SHANNON

THE TUSCARORA WAR BY DAVID LA VERE

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