Indigenous History NowIt was the struggle that pitted people steeped in their fishing traditions against the power of the state, helped launch national movements for Indigenous rights, and created one of the landmark rulings in Indigenous treaty law. Join me in exploring the Fish Wars of Washington and Oregon.
Sources and suggested reading An Uncommon Controversy: Fishing Rights of the Muckleshoot, Puyallup, and Nisqually Indians - American Friends Service Committee The Fish-in Protests at Frank's Landing - Gabriel Crisman: https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/fish-ins.htm Commercial Fishing - Northwest Power and Conservation Council: nwcouncil.org/reports/columbia-river-history/commercialfishing The Displacement of the Nisqually Tribe - Katie Dotson: https://sites.evergreen.edu/basewatch/katie-dotson/ Back to the River video - Salmondefense: youtu.be/xzWfuWNuRT0 As Long as the Rivers Run video: youtu.be/lN46NWkEFow Footage of the 10-13-1965 raid: youtu.be/nVt-DK0f2GI My notes from college
Tribal fisheries and conservation organizations Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission: nwifc.org Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission: critfc.org
Timestamps 00:00-2:21 Intro 2:21-10:57 An intro to treaties 10:57-14:46 The Northwest’s treaties 14:46-25:48 Salmon habitat and habitat loss 25:48-40:59 Regulation and discrimination 40:59-55:00 US v Winans 55:00-59:39 Tulee v WA 59:39-1:03:47 Nisqually land confiscation 1:03:47-1:21:16 The Fish Wars 1:21:16-1:24:53 Puyallup v Game and US v Oregon 1:24:53-1:40:52 The Boldt decision 1:40:52-1:48:56 Aftermath
The Civil Rights Struggle of the Pacific Northwest—The Fish WarsIndigenous History Now2023-03-24 | It was the struggle that pitted people steeped in their fishing traditions against the power of the state, helped launch national movements for Indigenous rights, and created one of the landmark rulings in Indigenous treaty law. Join me in exploring the Fish Wars of Washington and Oregon.
Sources and suggested reading An Uncommon Controversy: Fishing Rights of the Muckleshoot, Puyallup, and Nisqually Indians - American Friends Service Committee The Fish-in Protests at Frank's Landing - Gabriel Crisman: https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/fish-ins.htm Commercial Fishing - Northwest Power and Conservation Council: nwcouncil.org/reports/columbia-river-history/commercialfishing The Displacement of the Nisqually Tribe - Katie Dotson: https://sites.evergreen.edu/basewatch/katie-dotson/ Back to the River video - Salmondefense: youtu.be/xzWfuWNuRT0 As Long as the Rivers Run video: youtu.be/lN46NWkEFow Footage of the 10-13-1965 raid: youtu.be/nVt-DK0f2GI My notes from college
Tribal fisheries and conservation organizations Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission: nwifc.org Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission: critfc.org
Timestamps 00:00-2:21 Intro 2:21-10:57 An intro to treaties 10:57-14:46 The Northwest’s treaties 14:46-25:48 Salmon habitat and habitat loss 25:48-40:59 Regulation and discrimination 40:59-55:00 US v Winans 55:00-59:39 Tulee v WA 59:39-1:03:47 Nisqually land confiscation 1:03:47-1:21:16 The Fish Wars 1:21:16-1:24:53 Puyallup v Game and US v Oregon 1:24:53-1:40:52 The Boldt decision 1:40:52-1:48:56 AftermathThe Indigenous History of the United States–A SummaryIndigenous History Now2024-08-17 | The many histories of America's Indigenous peoples are long and fascinating. From advanced horticulture to complex societies, from resisting foreign aggression to adapting to new opportunities, from asserting their humanity to moving boldly into the future, join me on a journey of over 20,000 years of history.
Sources and suggested reading Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America – Pekka Hämäläinen Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources – M Kat Anderson 1491: Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus – Charles Mann Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants – Robin Wall Kimmerer Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power – Pekka Hämäläinen The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present – David Treuer El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America – Carrie Gibson Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations – Charles Wilkinson Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing Over Place – Coll Thrush Handbook of North American Indians – Smithsonian Institution My notes from college
Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:51 Naming terminology 06:50 First habitation of the Americas 10:08 The development of agriculture 12:07 Silviculture or tending the land 14:41 Pre-contact population and trade 16:16 Wheels 18:30 The first mound builder societies 21:17 Pre-contact metallurgy 22:24 Hopewell and Mississippian societies 24:06 Cities of the Southwest and Great Plains 25:43 The Northeast 27:05 The Southeast 27:51 The Great Plains 29:43 The Southwest 32:15 Indigenous migrations 33:06 The Great Basin 34:05 The Plateau 35:05 California 36:17 The Pacific Northwest Coast 37:26 The Alaskan Subarctic 38:23 The Alaskan Arctic 39:55 European contact and disease 46:35 Middle grounds and French colonialism 52:32 Spanish colonialism, Pueblo resistance, and Horses 57:07 Firearms, the Beaver Wars, and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy 01:01:26 Settler colonialism 01:06:35 English colonialism, settler violence, and Native resistance 01:09:57 250 years of colonialism 01:11:29 The Trans-Appalachian West and the US way of war 01:15:04 Deportations and the laws that made them 01:20:17 California missions 01:24:40 Texas and the Comanche 01:26:28 The Pacific Northwest fur trade and Russian colonialism 01:27:57 Westward expansion and violence 01:29:39 Extermination of the bison 01:31:17 The Dawes Act and allotment 01:33:44 Indian boarding schools 01:38:09 The Indian New Deal 01:41:09 Termination and relocation 01:44:33 Removal of Native children and ICWA 01:50:30 Sterilization of Native women 01:53:48 Red Power 01:56:54 Alaska Natives and ANCSA 01:59:27 Modern Indigenous sovereignty 02:00:57 Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls 02:02:55 ConclusionOn this day in Native history 5-5-2018Indigenous History Now2024-05-05 | MMIWG resources National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center – niwrc.org Sovereign Bodies Institute – sovereign-bodies.org Native Alliance Against Violence – oknaav.org Native Hope – nativehope.org
#native #onthisday #shorts #mmiw #mmiwg #nomorestolensisters #mmiwawarenessOn this day in Native history 5-4-1626Indigenous History Now2024-05-04 | Before I get any comments, no I am not mispronouncing Minuit’s name. I’m using the Dutch pronunciation which we know was how he pronounced it by its spelling in period documents. #history #native #onthisday #shorts #newyork #netherlands #manhattan #lenape #dutchOn this day in Native history 5-3-752Indigenous History Now2024-05-03 | #history #native #onthisday #shorts #maya #mexico #guatemala #piedrasnegrasOn this day in Native history 5-2-1885Indigenous History Now2024-05-02 | Poundmaker’s encampment wasn’t just Cree, there were some Assiniboine bands present as well #history #native #onthisday #shorts #canada #saskatchewan #cree #assiniboineOn this day in Native history 5-1-1795Indigenous History Now2024-05-01 | To be transparent, we don’t know the exact date of the battle, but we know it occurred in early May of 1795 #shorts #onthisday #history #native #hawaii #oahu #kamehamehaSurvey of Indigenous American Creation StoriesIndigenous History Now2024-04-02 | Have you ever wondered why some people call North America Turtle Island? Or have you just been curious about mythological canons that don't include Zeus? Then come along on this exploration of Indigenous American creation stories.
Timestamps 00:00 Intro and terminology 01:38 Oral storytelling traditions 09:00 Introducing archetypes 10:03 Haudenosaunee creation story 14:26 Earth diver and two creators archetypes 15:57 Christian revisions in mythology 21:03 Blind brother archetype 21:58 World parents archetype 23:14 Emergence archetype 24:40 Struggle or theft archetype 27:02 Spider creator and Ymir archetypes 28:04 Analysis 32:32 ConclusionOn this day in Native history 2-18-1956Indigenous History Now2024-02-18 | #history #onthisday #native #shorts #sovereignty #brazil #amazon #yanomami #conservation #deforestationOn this day in Native history 2-17-1909Indigenous History Now2024-02-17 | #history #onthisday #native #shorts #geronimo #sovereignty #usa #mexico #arizonaOn this day in Native history 2-16-1945Indigenous History Now2024-02-16 | #history #onthisday #native #shorts #alaska #civilrights #elizabethperatrovichOn this day in Native history 2-15-1854Indigenous History Now2024-02-15 | Correction, I should be saying Chetco not Cheti, I don’t know where my source got that word #history #onthisday #native #oregon #chetcoOn this day in Native history 2-14-767Indigenous History Now2024-02-14 | #history #onthisday #native #shorts #maya #guatemala #piedrasnegrasOn this day in Native history 2-13-1726Indigenous History Now2024-02-13 | #history #onthisday #native #shorts #mapuche #chile #spanish #sovereigntyOn this day in Native history 2-12-1825Indigenous History Now2024-02-12 | #history #onthisday #native #shorts #muskogee #sovereignty #creek #treaty #alabama #georgiaOn this day in Native history 2-11-1805Indigenous History Now2024-02-11 | #history #onthisday #native #sacagawea #lewisandclark #western #shortsOn this day in Native history 2-10-1712Indigenous History Now2024-02-10 | #history #onthisday #native #chile #mapuche #southamerica #shortsOn this day in Native history 2-9-2007Indigenous History Now2024-02-09 | #history #onthisday #native #music #classicalmusic #education #shortsOn this day in Native history 2-8-1887Indigenous History Now2024-02-08 | #history #onthisday #native #sovereignty #land #allotment #shortsOn this day in Native history 2-7-1756Indigenous History Now2024-02-07 | #history #onthisday #native #brazil #argentina #guarani #shortsOn this day in Native history 2-6-1840Indigenous History Now2024-02-06 | #history #onthisday #native #newzealand #māori #aotearoa #waitangi #shortsOn this day in Native history 2-5-1590Indigenous History Now2024-02-05 | #history #onthisday #native #aztec #mexico #anthropology #shortsOn this day in Native history 2-4-1801Indigenous History Now2024-02-04 | #history #onthisday #native #supremecourt #sovereignty #shortsOn this day in Native history 2-3-1874Indigenous History Now2024-02-03 | #history #onthisday #native #hawaii #sovereignty #monarch #shortsOn this day in Native history 2-2-1811Indigenous History Now2024-02-02 | #onthisday #native #history #california #shorts #russiaOn this day in Native history 2-1-1913Indigenous History Now2024-02-01 | #history #mlb #nfl #olympics #indigenous #jimthorpe #onthisday #shortsReviewing an America-hating, Christian-bashing Masterpiece of Cinema: The Sudbury DevilIndigenous History Now2024-01-03 | Original Pronunciation, paranoid Puritans, and witchy shenanigans galore! What more could you want? Come learn with me as we explore what has become a new favorite film of mine, Andrew Rakich's The Sudbury Devil.
Recommended sources About Metacom's War So Dreadful a Judgement: Puritan Responses to King Philip's War, 1676-1677 – Richard Slotkin and James K. Folsom King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict – Eric Schultz and Michael Tougias Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War – Lisa Brooks Flintlock and Tomahawk: New England in King Philip's War – Douglas Leach Exploring America's Middle Grounds The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 – Richard White Indigenous Continent – Pekka Hämäläinen Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place – Coll Thrush
Timestamps Intro 00:00-01:16 Thematic intro 01:16-05:19 Metacom's War 05:19-16:03 Sudbury Fight 16:03-18:28 Bloody Brook 18:28-20:58 Samuel Mosley 20:58-26:13 Praying Indians 26:13-30:40 Peskeompscut Massacre 30:40-33:02 Great Swamp Fight 33:02-37:03 Bounties 37:03-38:30 Theme of trauma 38:30-39:58 Theme of religion 39:58-48:15 Opening scene analysis 48:15-51:03 Bringing it all together 51:03-1:07:47End of Year Channel UpdatesIndigenous History Now2023-12-17 | ...On this day in Native history 11-18-1945Indigenous History Now2023-11-18 | #history #onthisday #native #cherokee #wilmamankiller #tribalsovereignty #shortsOn this day in Native history 11-17-1983Indigenous History Now2023-11-17 | #history #native #onthisday #Zapatista #shorts #mexico #chiapas #revolutionOn this day in Native history 11-16-1532Indigenous History Now2023-11-16 | #onthisday #indigenoushistory #history #shorts #peru #pizarroThe Indigenous History of SeattleIndigenous History Now2023-09-29 | From cultural exchange to cultural appropriation, deep history and ongoing action, this city has it all! Join me on a journey through the Indigenous history of Seattle.
Llinks to my videos mentioned Indigenous American Culture Zones: The Pacific Northwest Coast – youtu.be/It4AiOLrQhs Indigenous History of the Pacific Northwest Coast – youtu.be/PPCy6qEL_VI The Civil Rights Struggle of the Pacific Northwest: The Fish Wars – youtu.be/9U5zTalWaxs
Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:07 North Wind’s Weir 04:50 Coleman Dock 08:50 Alki Beach 14:41 Seattle’s Middle Ground 18:18 Mill Street 22:50 Battle of Seattle 25:41 Duwamish Reservation 28:36 Herring’s House 33:33 Fife farm 37:40 Chief-of-All-Women Pole 40:42 Montlake Cut Pole 42:47 Myrtle Edwards Park Pole 46:18 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition 50:30 1950s Pioneer Square 57:46 American Indian Women’s Service League 59:52 Fort Lawton 1:02:39 Boren and Howell 1:05:57 Duwamish recognition 1:12:37 ConclusionQ&A: 130K ya Mastodon Site? Africans in the Americas? And more…Indigenous History Now2023-07-09 | You submitted your questions and now they are answered! It's Q&A time.
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As far as other proposed North American language families, it's a bit too in-depth of a topic for a quick line in the description, so I'll come back to it in a later Q&A. For now, here's a video on another linguistics channel that talks about them a bit more – youtu.be/Q4d_R2QHNgw?si=OLjA1uBP4zyyGmVf
Links to videos mentioned from other channels: Were Homo Sapiens the First Hominid in North America? A Deep Dive into the Cerutti Mastodon Site by Miniminuteman— youtube.com/watch?v=5z3DbmOuaFI
Timestamps 00:00-1:34 Intro 1:34-12:05 About me 12:05-16:45 Tracing migration through mythology 16:45-24:40 Dene-Yeniseian and other proposed language families 24:40-26:15 Africans in pre-Columbian Americas 26:15-40:55 Cerutti mastodon siteIn Response to Knowing Better—Privatizing Reservation LandIndigenous History Now2023-04-21 | Will privatizing reservation land bring economic development and help end reservation poverty? That's the question we explore today as we respond to Knowing Better's video on Indigenous deportation.
Timestamps: 00:00-1:09 Intro 1:09-2:35 Video Clip 2:35-10:53 The Federal Trust Status 10:53-18:16 Allotment Period 18:16-23:53 Termination Period 23:53-26:48 Problems With Privatization Today 26:48-32:48 Issues With Tribal Sovereignty and MMIWG 32:48-34:36 ConclusionIndigenous History of the Pacific Northwest CoastIndigenous History Now2023-01-05 | Finishing our survey of the Northwest Coast culture zone, join me on an exploration of the region's indigenous history. From ice age mariners to modern day fish wars, come see how the home of Microsoft and Amazon was shaped by its indigenous inhabitants.
Sources and suggested reading: Handbook of North American Indians Vol 7, Northwest Coast - ed. Wayne Suttles Cedar - Hillary Stewart Peoples of the Northwest Coast: Their Archaeology and Prehistory - Kenneth Ames and Herbert Maschner American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia - Dennis Kelley and Suzanne Crawford Indians of the North Pacific Coast - ed Tom McFeat My notes from college
Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:27 Archaeology 02:15 Ozette Archaeological Site 03:39 Trade Networks 04:38 European Contact and the Fur Trade 07:35 Tactics of Colonization 10:24 Efforts at Peace 11:57 Colonization of Oregon 15:46 Colonization of Washington 18:01 Colonization of British Columbia 20:10 Colonization of Alaska 21:00 Allotment and Assimilation 22:47 The Indian Shaker Church 28:16 Termination 29:44 The Fish Wars 30:31 Oliphant v Suquamish 34:23 The '99 Makah Whale Hunt 35:48 Canoe Journey 37:54 ConclusionIndigenous American Culture Zones: The Pacific Northwest CoastIndigenous History Now2022-12-06 | This is the fully edited version of my last video - audio and visuals.
Today we begin our survey of the major indigenous cultural regions of North America with an exploration of the intricately fascinating cultures of the Pacific Northwest coast.
Sources and suggested reading Handbook of North American Indians Vol 7, Northwest Coast - ed. Wayne Suttles Cedar - Hillary Stewart Peoples of the Northwest Coast: Their Archaeology and Prehistory - Kenneth Ames and Herbert Maschner American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia - Dennis Kelley and Suzanne Crawford Indians of the North Pacific Coast - ed Tom McFeat My notes from college
If you want to learn more about traditional indigenous aquaculture both in the PNW and across the Pacific, here's a fantastic website - seagardens.net
Timestamps 00:00 Intro 04:45 Geography 09:02 Complex Hunter-Gatherers 13:46 Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Agriculture 20:29 Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Sedentism and Possessions 25:16 Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Land Use 29:47 Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Social Stratification 44:07 The Guardian Spirit Complex 54:14 Potlatch 59:37 Art: An Analysis of Form 01:09:36 People of Salmon and Cedar 01:15:13 The Tragedy-Less CommonsIndigenous American Culture Zones: The Pacific Northwest CoastIndigenous History Now2022-11-02 | Link to the fully edited version of this video - youtu.be/It4AiOLrQhs
I'm trying something new. This video is only the sound portion for this topic. I'm still working on editing the visuals and will post a separate fully-edited video once finished. Let me know what you guys think about the format.
Today we begin our survey of the major indigenous cultural regions of North America with an exploration of the intricately fascinating cultures of the Pacific Northwest coast.
Sources and suggested reading Handbook of North American Indians Vol 7, Northwest Coast - ed. Wayne Suttles Cedar - Hillary Stewart Peoples of the Northwest Coast: Their Archaeology and Prehistory - Kenneth Ames and Herbert Maschner American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia - Dennis Kelley and Suzanne Crawford Indians of the North Pacific Coast - ed Tom McFeat My notes from college
Timestamps 00:00 Intro 04:45 Geography 09:02 Complex Hunter-Gatherers 13:46 Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Agriculture 20:29 Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Sedentism and Possessions 25:16 Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Land Use 29:47 Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Social Stratification 44:07 The Guardian Spirit Complex 54:14 Potlatch 59:37 Art: An Analysis of Form 01:09:36 People of Salmon and Cedar 01:15:13 The Tragedy-Less CommonsIntro to Language Analysis: Phonetics Pt 2Indigenous History Now2022-08-31 | Here we wrap up our exploration of phonetics analyzing non-pulmonic consonants, vowels, and IPA diacritics.
Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:30 Ejectives 02:59 Clicks 06:07 Implosives 07:04 Co-articulated consonants 07:50 Vowels 14:30 IPA diacritics 32:47 Extra definitions and conclusionIntro to Language Analysis: Phonetics Pt 1Indigenous History Now2022-08-14 | Today we begin our exploration of language and language learning with a deep dive into the sounds of language. How is sound produced, and what do all the fun symbols of the IPA mean? If you're trying to learn a new language and struggling with pronunciation, buckle up as we learn about the phonetics of consonants.
Timestamps 0:00 Intro to the language series 7:45 Intro to phonetics 10:16 International phonetic alphabet 13:10 Defining consonants 15:51 Manner of articulation 22:09 Place of articulation 27:32 Voicing 28:28 Voice onset time 33:50 AffricatesHow We Left the Bering Land Bridge Theory and What We Think Now Pt 2Indigenous History Now2022-08-06 | Here we wrap up our tale regarding the history of Western thought about Indigenous American origins. The Land Bridge Theory is what most Americans alive today were taught in school, but hasn't been the leading academic theory for almost 2 decades. Watch to learn why and what we do think now.
Links to other videos referenced Were People really in North America 30,000 years ago?: The Chiquihuite Cave site by Nathanael Fosaaen— youtube.com/watch?v=MeAZIkNuhIs
The research for this video is heavily indebted to my 2 main sources The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery —JM Adovasio and Jake Page
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus —Charles C Mann
Timestamps 00:00 Summary of Clovis 1st 03:02 Bluefish Caves 06:45 Language, genes, and teeth paper 10:57 Intro to genetics 13:12 Indigenous genetics 16:43 Meadowcroft Rockshelter 21:30 Monte Verde 27:42 The Ice Free Corridor 29:40 The Overkill Hypothesis 31:55 Other pre-Clovis sites 34:44 Sea Route Theory 36:52 Austronesian route 40:24 Racist theorizing 42:30 Kennewick Man 46:17 Weird haplogroups 48:40 the Solutrean Hypothesis 52:47 Analysis and conclusionThe Story of The Bering Land Bridge Theory and What We Thought Before Pt 1Indigenous History Now2022-07-22 | Today we discuss the fascinating history of Western thought regarding indigenous American origins. Did you know it was once commonly accepted that indigenous Americans were descended from ancient Israelites? This is one of the many tales we explore as we delve how we got to the modern prevailing opinion of the Bering Land Bridge Theory.
The research for this video is heavily indebted to my 2 main sources The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery —JM Adovasio and Jake Page
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus —Charles C Mann
Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:30 De Acosta and Bible-driven hypotheses 07:27 The great Moundbuilder race debate 14:02 Atlantis: The Antediluvian World 16:58 Glaciers and megafauna 18:55 Dating techniques in archaeology 20:28 The Ice Age war 28:51 Folsom 32:22 Clovis 34:34 The Bering Land Bridge 36:04 Dating Clovis and forming The Theory 38:15 Adding Overkill 40:24 ConclusionChannel TrailerIndigenous History Now2022-06-07 | Come learn all about the history of the western hemisphere's indigenous peoples with Indigenous History Now