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The dwindling number of beavers in New York along with raids from other nations forces the Iroquois into wars in the West.  Soon the Wenro, Neutrals and the Erie will just be footnotes in the history books.

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

THE JESUITS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BY FRANCIS PARKMEN

Chainbreaker: The Revolutionary War Memoirs of Governor Blacksnake as told to Benjamin Williams

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In this show we talk about the Lake Champlain monster and also two Iroquois stories.  "Why Wood Duck Has Red Eyes" and "Why an Indian Never Shoots a Pigeon".  

Sources:

Reworked and based on traditional Seneca Nation stories.  

SKUNNY WUNDY: SENECA INDIAN TALES BY ARTHUR CASWELL PARKER

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The Iroquois are nowhere and everywhere.  As the Five Nations increase their influence they become a terror to the Huron Nations.  Meanwhile Jesuit missionaries have arrived.  They begin to try desperately to save the souls on both sides from hellfire.

THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

THE JESUITS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BY FRANCIS PARKMEN

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

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Henry Hudson sails for the flag of the Netherlands and finds the river that bears his name in 1609. Within a few years Dutch traders arrive to barter and acquire precious furs that are all the rage in Europe.  The Five Nations make sure that they get the upper hand in the markets and begin to play the French and Dutch off each other.

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

THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

CHAMPLAIN'S DREAM BY DAVID HACKETT FISCHER

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Today we share three stories told by the Seneca Nation.  The first is humorous tale about Fox and Raccoon trying to find out which of them is more crafty.  The second is a story of when Bear and Turtle decide to have a race.  The last is the most famous of the Seneca stories that deals with their most revered site, Bare Hill. 

Sources:

Reworked and based on traditional Seneca Nation stories.  

SKUNNY WUNDY: SENECA INDIAN TALES BY ARTHUR CASWELL PARKER

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In 1609 a Mohawk war party is utterly routed.  The reason? Guns.  Samuel de Champlain the Father of New France accompanied his new Huron allies on a raid into the land of the Iroquois. Indian warfare was about to drastically change. In all Champlain was a part of three battles involving the Iroquois. Two with the Mohawk and the third was a show down outside the capital city of the Onondaga.  

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CHAMPLAIN'S DREAM BY DAVID HACKETT FISCHER

THE JESUITS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BY FRANCIS PARKMEN

Voyages de la Nouvelle France by Samuel de Champlain

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Warfare was a way of life for everyone living in Northeastern America since before there was memory or record.  Today we talk about how warfare was conducted pre-European contact.  Also with the waves of epidemics destroying native populations the Iroquois Nations stepped up raids into neighboring regions looking for captives to assimilate into their communities.

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IROQUOIA: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIVE WORLD BY WILLIAM ENGELBRECHT

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

1491: NEW REVELATIONS OF THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS BY CHARLES MANN

CHAMPLAIN'S DREAM BY DAVID HACKETT FISCHER

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To the Haudenosaunee stories are a vital part of their culture.  In this show we will share two of them.  Turtle's Race with Beaver and How Bear Lost His Tail. 

Sources - Inspired by Traditional Seneca stories as told in SKUNNY WUNDY: SENECA INDIAN TALES BY ARTHUR CASWELL PARKER

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At the end of the 15th Century the  Age of Discovery and Exploration was just beginning. In 1534 Jacques Cartier made contact  with  the  Iroquoian peoples of the St. Lawrence River valley. It was all downhill from there.  In fact  things will  never be the same. Old World pathogens  will soon destroy anyone's way of life who happens to call the Americas home.

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Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World: Iroquois & Their Neighbors by William Engelbrecht and Caleb Rector

THE JESUITS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BY FRANCIS PARKMEN

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

1491: NEW REVELATIONS OF THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS BY CHARLES MANN

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