This is a phenomenal lecture! It is a wonderful comprehensive guide to Canada's First Nations peoples in Canada's geographic regions. I hope you consider leaving this up. It's an incredible resource for Canadian teachers. Thank you!
Canadian teachers should already know this. Kidding mostly. If they don’t already know they should definitely learn here cuz this is excellent. There’s a blank audio spot around 19:50 though.
The notion of Hunter/Gather people denotes a very primitive people when this not the case. Hunting was very complex and was about understanding the patterns of animal migration, how to utilize the landscape, conservation etc. Gathering is very simplistic as well when it was not just simply picking a plant or berry. There was ceremony and purpose to picking certain types of medicines and food. These played a role in ceremony along with the types of herbs, plants and food you picked during these seasons. The Indigenous people knew of harvesting, conservation, ecology etc.
I agree. I would never use the term privative to describe hunting and gathering societies which can be very sophisticated. The main difference between settled and H/G societies is the degree of complexity and variety in terms of vocations and the ratio of people directly involved with food acquisition/production.
Hello sir, thank you so much for this. The Americas before colonization and the subsequent effects is probably my favorite historical topic. I was wondering what kind of resources you have used for research on Canadian Indigenous people before colonization. I've found it difficult to find in depth books or papers that talk specifically about Indigenous people in Canada and their trade routes, social structures, technology ect.. Most books I've read, such as Charles Mann's 1491 have bits and pieces about North America, but mostly focus on South America (Aztecs, Mayas, Inkas, Amazonian tribes ect.) Thanks again!!
Hi Noah, Thanks for watching! My expertise (and research) lies in medieval Europe so I have to rely on good historiographical summaries for the other areas that I have to teach. Charles Mann's book is great and unfortunately there isn't really a great equivalent which focuses exclusively on the north. However, there is tons of ongoing research published as peer-reviewed journal articles all the time - but they tend to be behind paywalls that you need a university library to access. Much of what I have used for this lecture falls into that category. It's also really helpful if you have the opportunity to speak with an indigenous elder in your community. The wealth oral knowledge coupled with archaeological evidence can really fill in some many gaps. If you're looking for general history of pre-Columbian Canada that's accessible online, then John Belshaw's textbook is pretty up-to-date. opentextbc.ca/preconfederation2e/
The Northern Plains, which includes Southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, had a large population that rivaled Southern Ontario and the West Coast of Canada. The Nations of Plains Cree, Asinniboines, Blackfoot, Sioux, Shoshone, and Gros Ventre created a very sizable population. The plains were rich with Buffalo Bison, which also brought other Nations to the area due to the massive herds of the land. Many Tribes like the Crow and Mandan would come from the south, and the Kootenai across the mountains to harvest Bison.
Hi Gabriel, There were extensive trading networks in the pre-contact Americas which in theory connected all regions (Arctic to South America). While the Rocky mountain range did isolate (to an extent), indigenous peoples on the west coast, there was still trade (although it tended to move up and down the coast). This map from the Smithsonian gives you an overview of the some of the known routes. www.mapmanusa.com/images/print-color-maps/cci-indian-trade-route-map-smithsonian.jpg
I’d like to know why on the American continents were they so far behind technologically compared to Europe ? Especially when it comes to creating metals ? What an incredibly hard life this was. Don’t get me wrong I realize how unbelievably clever natives of NA and SA were. But there were just some key discoveries that didn’t happen for them compared to Europeans. Very good production here. Love it.
Thanks for watching Woody! The number one reason why technological advances in the Old World (Asia, Europe, Africa) are different from the Americas is isolation. The Americas were essentially cut off from developments in the old world. However, many major advances happened independently in the Americas too. For example, agriculture, city building, civilization and metallurgy were all independently invented in the Americas just like in the Old World. South American civilizations such as the Inca had extensive metallurgy including smelting and various metals being purposely alloyed. We also see advanced metallurgy to a lessor extent in Central America.
It’s not a accurate take to say they were technologically behind, another course I saw on Great Courses which showed some evidence that there were some places where the archeological and architectural evidence carefully dated displayed knowledge of the stars and the curvature of the earth well in advance of European civilizations. Also a number of pacific island civilizations also show evidence of making it to the Western Hemisphere continents before the Vikings and Spanish explorations after the North Pacific land bridge IIRC.
This is a phenomenal lecture! It is a wonderful comprehensive guide to Canada's First Nations peoples in Canada's geographic regions. I hope you consider leaving this up. It's an incredible resource for Canadian teachers. Thank you!
Thanks Jana! I'm glad you liked it. :)
Canadian teachers should already know this. Kidding mostly. If they don’t already know they should definitely learn here cuz this is excellent. There’s a blank audio spot around 19:50 though.
Awesome presentation, thanks for staying focused on the learning objectives!
I am glad you enjoyed it!
The notion of Hunter/Gather people denotes a very primitive people when this not the case. Hunting was very complex and was about understanding the patterns of animal migration, how to utilize the landscape, conservation etc. Gathering is very simplistic as well when it was not just simply picking a plant or berry. There was ceremony and purpose to picking certain types of medicines and food. These played a role in ceremony along with the types of herbs, plants and food you picked during these seasons. The Indigenous people knew of harvesting, conservation, ecology etc.
I agree. I would never use the term privative to describe hunting and gathering societies which can be very sophisticated. The main difference between settled and H/G societies is the degree of complexity and variety in terms of vocations and the ratio of people directly involved with food acquisition/production.
Hello sir, thank you so much for this. The Americas before colonization and the subsequent effects is probably my favorite historical topic. I was wondering what kind of resources you have used for research on Canadian Indigenous people before colonization. I've found it difficult to find in depth books or papers that talk specifically about Indigenous people in Canada and their trade routes, social structures, technology ect.. Most books I've read, such as Charles Mann's 1491 have bits and pieces about North America, but mostly focus on South America (Aztecs, Mayas, Inkas, Amazonian tribes ect.) Thanks again!!
Hi Noah, Thanks for watching! My expertise (and research) lies in medieval Europe so I have to rely on good historiographical summaries for the other areas that I have to teach. Charles Mann's book is great and unfortunately there isn't really a great equivalent which focuses exclusively on the north. However, there is tons of ongoing research published as peer-reviewed journal articles all the time - but they tend to be behind paywalls that you need a university library to access. Much of what I have used for this lecture falls into that category. It's also really helpful if you have the opportunity to speak with an indigenous elder in your community. The wealth oral knowledge coupled with archaeological evidence can really fill in some many gaps. If you're looking for general history of pre-Columbian Canada that's accessible online, then John Belshaw's textbook is pretty up-to-date. opentextbc.ca/preconfederation2e/
@@TheMedievalHistorian Thank you very much!!
The Northern Plains, which includes Southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, had a large population that rivaled Southern Ontario and the West Coast of Canada. The Nations of Plains Cree, Asinniboines, Blackfoot, Sioux, Shoshone, and Gros Ventre created a very sizable population. The plains were rich with Buffalo Bison, which also brought other Nations to the area due to the massive herds of the land. Many Tribes like the Crow and Mandan would come from the south, and the Kootenai across the mountains to harvest Bison.
Thanks for this amazing in depth lecture.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This teaches us a lot about Canadian history
Thanks for watching!
Wow amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this is amazing
Glad you enjoyed it!
21:39 14,000 years ago some guy pooped one of the most important poops in human history and didn't even know it. Really makes you think
This is great....please where is Unit 3?
Thanks for watching! You can find all the units of the course in a playlist on my channel: ua-cam.com/play/PLrboCEp-ZchV38kaZgjazyaooqvrk73vL.html
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How did the west coast natives trade before the Europeans
Hi Gabriel, There were extensive trading networks in the pre-contact Americas which in theory connected all regions (Arctic to South America). While the Rocky mountain range did isolate (to an extent), indigenous peoples on the west coast, there was still trade (although it tended to move up and down the coast). This map from the Smithsonian gives you an overview of the some of the known routes. www.mapmanusa.com/images/print-color-maps/cci-indian-trade-route-map-smithsonian.jpg
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I’d like to know why on the American continents were they so far behind technologically compared to Europe ?
Especially when it comes to creating metals ? What an incredibly hard life this was. Don’t get me wrong I realize how unbelievably clever natives of NA and SA were. But there were just some key discoveries that didn’t happen for them compared to Europeans.
Very good production here. Love it.
Thanks for watching Woody! The number one reason why technological advances in the Old World (Asia, Europe, Africa) are different from the Americas is isolation. The Americas were essentially cut off from developments in the old world. However, many major advances happened independently in the Americas too. For example, agriculture, city building, civilization and metallurgy were all independently invented in the Americas just like in the Old World. South American civilizations such as the Inca had extensive metallurgy including smelting and various metals being purposely alloyed. We also see advanced metallurgy to a lessor extent in Central America.
It’s not a accurate take to say they were technologically behind, another course I saw on Great Courses which showed some evidence that there were some places where the archeological and architectural evidence carefully dated displayed knowledge of the stars and the curvature of the earth well in advance of European civilizations. Also a number of pacific island civilizations also show evidence of making it to the Western Hemisphere continents before the Vikings and Spanish explorations after the North Pacific land bridge IIRC.
Who invaded Asia Africa America Australia Canada new Zealand????
I have covered the human migration to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania in a different course: ua-cam.com/video/imEQZVLCKCo/v-deo.html