Audio version of an essay I wrote for a Creative Non-Fiction class. **Trigger Warning**

Sorry I've been procrastinating!! Thank you for listening! Miigwetch!!Lawnmower Man > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Py4Q9aeTrEIron Confederacy > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lzOyATlPxQPeabody & Sherman > http...

This fort, and related treaty, is referenced in later treaties. Why? Referenceshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Stanwixhttps://www.nps.gov/fost/lea...

Land "purchases" made around the Credit River region. References:https://www.mississauga.ca/our-organization/abou...

Referenceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_SaginawQuebec Act 1774h...

Who was involved in the creation of the Canada-USA International Border? ReferencesTreaty of 1818 - Wikipedia

His name is synonymous  with "hard work" and "ingenuity." But what did it take for him to be successful in Illinois?References:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820shttps://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1...

ReferencesMcNeilly, G. (2018). Broken Trust: Indigenous People and the Thunder Bay Police Service. Systemic Review. Retrieved from https://oiprd.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/OIPRD-BrokenTrust-...

Why do we discuss treaties so much? It's because knowing the treaties helps us  to understand what was happening at the time and how it relates to modern boundaries and politics. References

Why do we have "Truth and Reconciliation Day"?Sol Mamakwa -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vIIzjOkQdk&t=310sLocal News Radio -> https://www.rock94.com

After the War of 1812 and before the Trail of Tears. What happened?ReferencesSkeen, C Edward. (2003). 1816: America Rising. University Press of Kentucky.https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u...

Why is there a claim and why is it worth $95 Billion?Referenceshttps://www.snnew...

Seneca legend from the book "Star Songs and Water Spirits: a Great Lakes Reader," edited by Victoria Brehm (2011, p120, Ladyslipper Press, Michigan). The legend was documented in 1923 and told by Gawasowaneh (Big Snowflake, Arthur C. Parker, b1...

From "Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree," by James Stevens, 1971, (McLelland and Stewart Ltd, Toronto, p.82).

Excerpt from "Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree," by James Stevens, 1971, p.83. (McClelland and Stewart, Ltd.)

Dene LegendFrom "American Indian Myths and Legends," by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz (Pantheon Books, 1984).

An overview of what Medicine Wheels are and how they can be used.Referenceshttps://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/me...

Can understanding glaciers & genetics of Turtle Island help us understand early human inhabitation patterns?ReferencesClague & Ward. (2011). Growth and Decay of Cordilleran Ice Sheet. Retrieved from...

Referenceshttps://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5248/

It has been the source of abundance for thousands of years. How do we use it?Referenceshttps://www.history.com/t...

Who was he? Why is there a war/rebellion named after him? ReferencesCampisi, J. (1993). “Indian Governance.” Found in Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies, Vol. 1, p.449-456. Charles Scribner So...

What treaties were signed in 1847, and why? How do these treaties connect to other treaties and events in that decade?References

An overview of the Bear Clan Patrol, and some info about Totems. About - Bear Clan​​

A brief  history of opium. 

Skills development takes time.  And life is a meandering river.