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15:54 Bro, it was the OREGON Territory, not the Washington Territory. Again, at 16:46, no mention of Oregon, which had already become a state in 1859. The Washington Territory was created in 1853 by residents of the Oregon Territory who wanted more regional self-government. They asked the Oregon Territorial Legislature to back their aspiration, and it did. Residents wanted to call it the Columbia Territory, but many in Congress thought it would cause confusion with what is now the District of Columbia (the D.C. in Washington D.C.). Some Congressmen wanted to instead name it after George Washington, while some like Rep. Evans (MD) wanted to name the prospective state after "some beautiful Indian name." Sadly, the former won out.
I live in the Pacific Northwest (Washington State), thank you so much Kings & Generals for exploring this gorgeous region that is my home on your channel
I’m from the Pacific Northwest and I’m extremely grateful for your guy’s work on my home area. While I’m not indigenous, I can confirm that the native people are still here and alive, their culture has combined with ours over the years and is still reviving, their traditions revitalizing. Their story is an incredible one of endurance, courage and strength much like the cedar trees that make this place perfect, the natural beauty of this area and its character are second to none. Once again thank you guys for this video, everyone is always all so busy talking about California being the “West Coast” that they forget that there are two whole states left with their own unique qualities of their own.
As a lifelong Pacific Northwest resident and Indigenous person, I greatly appreciate this video. Thank you for showing so much love and respect to our Indigenous peoples and communities. ❤
As a specialist in Indigenous North American history (I specialize in the Northern Great Plains, but have a cursory knowledge of the PNW), I was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of research, detail, and presentation. Great job! I’d love to see one on the Northern Great Plains too.
I’m from Tulalip and on my grandfathers side I’m Tseshaht but thanks you for this video, I’ve been a fan of these and have been watching them since 2019 and I’d never thought you’d make a video covering NW natives!! I hope everyone gets to see our unique culture as usually people think of SW or Plains when they think Native American
As someone that lives right next to the Lummi nation, it’s always really cool to see this regions indigenous history and culture get the attention and appreciation it deserves.
Not just the lummi! But also the upper skagit, nooksack, and sammish nations too! I grew up in Whatcom county myself, learning coast salish history and culture inspired my anthropology degree. The lummi hold the distinction of inventing reef netting, one of the most efficient and sustainable meathods of large scale fishing in the world
I've got an 8ft diameter cedar tree on my property out here in Acme if you guys wanna build a war canoe and float it down the Nooksack to go raiding with me?
Lots of large and powerful North American indigenous confederacies that can be talked about: The Haudenosaunee “People of the Longhouse” Wabanki Confederacy Council of Three Fires
Heck Yeah! I'm super excited to hear about this subject! I live in the Pacific Northwest and I've been trying to learn as much as I can about the people who have lived here for thousands of years in this beautiful place.
this is minor and it would have been a nice sentiment anyway, but im glad that u said "have lived" and not "lived". the social narrative has tended to present them in the past tense but indigenous people are very much still here in a very real way and thats gotta be common knowledge
@@user-ze7sj4qy6q Absolutely! They're still here! When I was in elementary school we took a field trip to a Chinook plankhouse/museum, and got to see a performance of their dance ceremonies. It really impacted me and gave me a deep respect for the people of this land, and made me want to learn more about them.
Thanks kings and generals for using my language Dän K'e to describe our lands and not using the English term southern tutchone. It was the first time anywhere I've seen it being used other than by my First Nation.
@KingsandGenerals For translation, Dän means people. Specifically our people. And K'e means way. So Dän K'e means "Our Way." As a joke, when The Mandalorian came out, we would say "this is the way" all the time to describe ourselves.
@KingsandGenerals I also sent this video to our language group chat for everyone to watch. Great job as usual. I've been a follower since the beginning. This is one of my favorite channels.
As a British Columbian ... I can honestly say I didnt expect this from this channel. Remarkable how accurate the information is. Much of the facts here equal what we already know on the ground about the culture of the history of this part of the world, but surprising more is how much of what was presented, we here dont know. The research here really is at another level.
You nailed it. Best 20min summary of this incredibly complicated topic I've seen. Second time this week I've seen a "best in class" description of some complicated subject by a youtube channel I've subscribed to for entirely different content. I love the internet :)
It’s so cool to see my culture in a K&G video, my native name is Dix-Ska-De-Wa my brothers are Sko-Leab & Swayuxult, on my father’s side we are Puyallup, Nisqually & Yakama while on my mother’s we are Sauk-Suiattle & Colville and i have relatives that are Cowichan, Swinomish, & Snoqualmie as well
Really would love more in-depth videos on the peoples of the Pacific Northwest. Their history and culture is so rich, but so little is actually passed on in our educational system
I made that same observation about the U.S. education system in regard to this topic; i.e., I learned more about the area's history in this 20 minute video than in 13 years of U.S. public schooling.
@skyden24195 straight up, where I grew up, I actually thought Indigenous people were literally a thing of the past. My province had effectively removed nearly all traces of the local peoples that they displaced or forced to extinction. It's so frustrating as an adult to know they just try and ignore this dark part of our past.
@@danielzhang1916 I'd say that the southwest natives like the Navaho, Apache and Mojave do get a substantial amount of attention, but the northwest tribes seem to get left out of the conversation quite a bit by comparison.
@@daniellawson652 The Kootenay are especially interesting. They're a complete language isolate, and rebelled against the federal government in recent memory.
@@fookiebookie4239I'd love to see a series about the Yakima and Nez Perce Wars. I read a book about the Nez Perce War a few weeks back and learned an awful lot about Ollokot, Chief Joseph's younger brother.
I used to spend a lot of time in Spokane and grew up there. Still neat to see the Salish language used at the ballgames and on jerseys. Over the last several years spent a lot of time exploring Oregon, Idaho and Montana retracing Nez Perce and battlefields. The museum of the Nez Perce is really good.
I’m from the Ahousaht First Nation, long time viewer thank you for making this video. Very well made and articulated to explain such a diverse region. Minor correction, small pox arrived prior to Captain Cook through trade routes into the interior towards the East Coast and the Aztecs in the south. The epidemic that hit after Cook was the second one
@ no, it was a combination of the English settlements in the East Coast and the Spanish colonies in Mexico. Some time in the 17th-18th century small pox arrived from the South into the PNW and spread through trade routes. Second part came through the east as Nuuchahnulth and other coastal nations dentalium shells can be found as far as Great Plains. So it would eventually also back via trade routes from the east coast into the PNW via trade routes. But the major ones hit the hardest after Cook and Quadra arrived, which are the ones documented
I love that you’re doing the native people of the North America and Canada regions. They are proud people and know the land before we did and glad your showing there stories
You’re absolutely correct 20 minutes is not enough and I’m sure I am not alone when I say I would love to see more in depth episodes of the people’s of the Pacific Northwest. I hope we see more.
Wow, pleasant surprise!!! I’m a Washingtonian, and have a lot of Indigenous friends (Muckleshoot, Puyallup, Nisqually), so dope to catch a doc on the history of local Natives! Hoyt!
As a member of the Tlingit tribe, thank you for bringing awareness to some of the atrocities enacted against all of the First Nation peoples of the Northwest.
Huu-ay-aht FN here, a part of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples on the west coast of Vancouver Island (formerly known as Nootka). A few minor pronunciation here, but happy to see you cover our peoples in the PNW of Turtle Island! 👍🏽
Any St'at'imc or mixed St'at'aimc gang here? Feels so weird to see a UA-cam video about somewhere you live, something your connected to, spmething youve experienced, spmething youve studied
Always good to hear about pre-columbian peoples. Suggestion for another video: The Great Tupi Migration from Amazon towards the coastal areas of Brazil, and their fights againts the Jê Tribes. There are several legends about this great migration, about the search of a mythical land called Ivy Mara Ey ("Land without Evil", in Tupi), under the leadership of a single chieftain called Tupi, the ancestor of all Tupi tribes.
One of the most fascinating stories of this region to me took place during the 1855 Puget Sound War, which was between different groups including the Nisqually and the “Bostons” (American settlers). The Nisqually and others refused to move to a reservation per a treaty signed by Chief Leschi (he either didn’t sign it, or the terms were misrepresented to him). In the middle of that armed conflict, a Haida raiding party came down from Alaska by chance and caused a problem for several months, raiding both local indigenous groups and American settlers.
I’m from WA state. I’m so glad we got to learn about indigenous cultures in school. It baffles me when I tell people from other states and they never learned about tribes and cultures in their state.
Another important thing to note about the Potlatch System was the system of favours - that was a super important driving factor behind the economic and social cohesion of the region. If you attended an Indigenous chief's potlatch and accepted their gifts, you were essentially beholden to them to return something as a favour if called upon. These favours could include holding a potlatch yourself and giving a reciprocal gift to that chief, or they could also include the giving of goods outside of potlatches, and perhaps of most important note, potlatch favours were called upon in times of war. If I accepted a gift from a Squamish chief, and later that year they faced a hostile foe, they could call upon all of their potlatch guests to repay their favours by providing military support. It was truly a very well thought-out and cohesive system that maintained the social and economic prosperity of the region. Wish our capitalist world could be more like their system!
I've been living in the PNW for over a decade now, and it is by far the most historically and naturally interesting, diverse and breath-takingly beautiful places I've ever been, and I've moved around the N. American continent quite a lot. This area (along with the central Mexican isthmus) are historically, culturally and culinarily far and away more complex, sophisticated and fascinating than any other region I've visited on the continent.
I love when you guys do the slightly more obscure stuff. This, SE Asia, Africa, South America, love all that stuff. Would really love to see more on Sub-Saharan Africa
This video made me wanting to study about the histories on both sides of the borders that split the Pacific Northwest between the U.S and Canada now. So thank you!
The potlach, or potluck, is still a tradition valued today in the PNW! Ngl, as a kid I never knew the origins of the “potlucks” we always went to, but ye! Everyone brings a dish
@@Shreeshraw loved it, it was a very interesting mechanic in their social traditions, the honor is in out gifting others not in out hording them... it's just out of the box thinking at it's best, and the best part is, the competition brings back the wealth instead of taking it away, it's just an incredibly innovative idea that turns a zero sum game on it's head and creates a win win situation out of it.
Chinese people have done that for centuries, Offer and receive with two hands: This symbolizes respect and gratitude. Consider the recipient's economic status: Avoid gifts that are too expensive or cheap. Consider the gift's color: Red is associated with good fortune, yellow is traditional, and blue is associated with healing. Avoid black and white. There are many unspoken rules for gift giving that have been passed down
This is the first time I've seen a UA-camr name my tribe, the Eyak. We are such a small tribe we are often grouped together with other tribes in the area.
instant click for me. I live on the traditional lands of the Kwantlen and I'm always interested to hear another person's research on the area. I've always loved the traditional histories.
I’m very impressed! As a cultural educator in this region supporting the diversity of indigenous communities here, i appreciate the honesty of this video and it’s courage to name the cultural genocide that was attempted
100% need more of this! My family is closely ingrained within the Semiahmoo group and I learned all about the Coast Salish general culture in elementary and high school. It is so fascinating, but there are precious few historical works written from the native view point, mostly due to the fractured nature of the peoples. Thank you for taking this on. These are rich cultures that have heavily influenced Coastal BC's way of life. More people need to hear of the Haida Vikings, trust me, just as brutal as the Scandinavian ones.
I have been watching your content for a while and I am glad to see the pnw and the Haida people getting some love. It’s amazing to me how many people in the pnw don’t even know Haida Gwaii exists.
I Especially Find of the Pacific Northwest so Even as You Press out of Northern California and into Oregon and Washington Vancouver in Canada Vancouver Island the San Juans I Just I Love it up there. Paul Walker Interview. MassPaws.
Amazing! I've been living in lower mainland for past twenty years since teenager and never heard of potlatch until I saw this video! Thank you very much K&G!
Awesome video of the Pacific Northwest. My Step-Dad’s family; the Chinook have legends of taking 5 year trips to Japan and bringing wives as souvenirs. The legends also state that Turquoise was gathered from the Mexico area. :) Chinook Wawa was a trade language that was used as a commercial language in the Pacific Northwest until the Great Depression.
Wait! Are you serious! Why have I never heard of 5 year boat voyages to Japan? (Don't actually answer that, I know the answer and it's depressing.) Mind is gleefully blown! Have any of the Chinook ever thought to do what the Polynesians and the Norwegians have done? Build a sea worthy boat and try to recreate the trip?
Hey @Tea_and_Crafts :) Currently talking my Step-Dad into eventually taking such a cruise with me, there is a PowerPoint that I’m working on that discusses Native American YDNA on FTDNA, Columbia River Arrowheads and the Chinook Dresses;with Chinese Coins sewn onto them. Pictures can be seen online courtesy of Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) :) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentalium_shell#/media/File%3AEdward_S._Curtis_Collection_People_088.jpg Late Great Uncle Gary had been active in Washington DC to get the Chinooks Federally Recognized under this argument; almost succeeded under Bill Clinton’s Administration but sadly didn’t fall through under Bush Jr.
Hey Tea_and_Crafts :) Currently talking my Step-Dad into eventually taking such a canoe cruise with me, there is a PowerPoint that I’m working on that discusses the Columbia River Arrowheads and the Chinook Dresses with Chinese Coins sewn onto them; pictures can be seen online courtesy of Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) :) Late Great Uncle Gary had been active in Washington DC to get the Chinooks Federally Recognized under this argument; almost succeeded under Bill Clinton’s Administration but sadly didn’t fall through after he left office in 2001.
@@kwitshadie6539 oh I hope both those things go through. Last time I was on Victoria Island the museum had a small exhibit about some boat making and small trips being restored to (I think it was) the Haida community. (Don't remember the details well sorry.) A full blown voyage with video documentation would be epic. Just to see the challenges and the human ingenuity required! And the success!! I've personally been on the reconstruction long ship (still waiting to see if it ever leaves dry dock at Mystic Seaport), only seen video of the Polynesian one. But I love seeing experimental archeology and anthropology rediscoveries happening live (would be that from where I stand. It would be sorely needed restoration of culture for the people actually involved.)
I'm so happy you made this video, and even happier to see First Nations people in the comments! There are so many incredible cultures and I'm always eager to hear more.
So well done!!! So informative and the amount of positive interaction and knowledge that will come out of this video is priceless. Nobody it seems talks about very little pre European history. I am born and raised British Colombia west coast. Have worked and travelled the world, no place has come close to the overwhelming natural beauty, energy and life that exists here. It's a connection that so many non indigenous people share with first nations is this feeling, spiritual connection and respect that you have for the land, balance and it's offerings. This is the feeling of home for me, a feeling of belonging that comes from the natural world here. There are so many aspects that I would love to share but this is all good. Once again thanks, and for all of us that share this land understand that it will be here long long after humans have departed, perhaps even just modern civilization where people would return to indeginous roots and culture. This is why it is so important to emphasize the resilience and importance to protect, inform and pass it all on. Much love to a future where mother earth is respect and loved by all of us as one.
We also have exceedingly similar totem poles in Northern Mongolia and throughout Siberia that we use as tie-posts for our horses and livestock. We call them, "Sergee" which means to awaken.
Mutual history here on the north coast of Canada, Many say Haida are the vikings of Canada, Many of our tribes in this region say not so fast, Take my tribe, Haida once sent 300 of their finest warriors into my tribes lands, Those 300 warriors were never seen again. Just a simple native of Canada. Ts'msyen (Tsimshian) Nation.
As an Alaskan I found this to be really cool. Thank you for this fantastic video! It's amazing how similar the Canadian and American governments treatment of natives were to Romes treatment of the Druids, Celts, Carthaginians, Gaul, ect. Especially in the way the Romans exterminated the Druid culture. The Soviet Union did the same thing to its own poeple under Stalin, as did the People's Republic of China under Mao. We can trace this kind of behavior all the way back to Sumaria. I know where I live in Alaska the local tribes fought each other for millennia, often quite brutally. I guess war is in humanity's DNA. History sure likes to repeat itself. Thank you again for this video. I think it is vital for future generations that we learn from our past.
@@shy404usernotfoundyes.. technological advantage and population expansion. Greek vs Persia and Egypt. Rome vs Greece, the Levant and the Mediterranean... eventuall northern Europe. The Mongols vs Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Japanese vs Ainu. China vs Tibet and Southeast Asia. Maya vs "everone in the region" .. Aztecs vs "everyone in the region" Northern Europe in the last 400 years.. The common demoninator has always been technology and expansion. Sadly, a truly "peaceful" society has never been a reality.. Maybe some day.. Be Well!! 👍😃
Would love to see a video exploring the indigenous communities in California. A rich and diverse region that get very little attention. I am of Northern Pomo and Coastal Yuki decent in this area.
I only know a small bit from the end of the book but the cook expeditions to the PNW were absolutely fascinating given the general mix of ways indigenous American cultures were. Excited to watch and read up it more
I lived in Vancouver for 10 (pre-UA-cam) years during which I learned about 1/20th of the content of this 20 minute video. Well done. Now that one episode of Stargate SG-1 makes a lot more sense!
I'm half Haida and wouldn't really contest any of this. The visuals and art were quite representative of the real thing. Great work. I wish we had more history of the sort this channel usually covers, but alas my people weren't much for record keeping and as you said it was highly decentralized, where most combat was more like raiding or feuds than war between states. Just to try to add info to something that was touched on, I don't know if it's universal in the Pacific Northwest, but at least the Haida and Tlingit tribes actually have some social structure tied to the raven and eagle mythology and it's actually more than just religion/stories. All people are born as either a raven or an eagle(determined by matrilineal descent if memory serves). I don't think it has much relevance in the modern day, but I think it played some role in how society was organized(beyond being a belief system) historically. I can't remember details, but it had/has relevance along the lines of determining who can marry who, who should host potlatches when, or maybe even what role a person was expected to play in society. Again, I can't remember any details; I'm just describing the general feel of what it was and those examples aren't facts. The technical term for it is a moiety.
Very interesting video; the culture of the Pacific northwest has been quite influential globally with lots of people being able to recognize what a 'totem pole' or 'thunderbird' is, if not where it originally comes from.
A video about the indigenous people living in Quebec. Canada, before and/or during the colonisation period would be awesome! Great content as always. thank you for the upload!
Another great video K&G! Thank you for not leaving anything out. You told us everything about the various tribes Pre-European Arrival. They traded, fished, and danced but also warred, pillaged, and enslaved as well. You also didn't pull any punches about when Europeans arrived and their affect on the various tribes. Finally, what I want to commend you for the most is ending on a message of hope that the indigenous peoples are still here with us. Other videos I've seen through the years often end on "The Europeans came and killed everyone. Then End." That always felt counterproductive because as with everything in life it's not black & white like that. There's good *and* bad. Great *and* terrible. For a 20 minute video, I'd say you covered it brilliantly.
I know its a bit of a stretch but it would be cool to see more of this and expanding to the south - there are the chinook who were a link between the nw coast and interior tribes - would be cool to see tribes of the N. American West and their interconnections
'Paying the Land' by Joe Saco is an excellent exploration of the complexities they face. It's a series of comic-style drawings of interviews, not sure how you'd describe it as a genre.
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15:54 Bro, it was the OREGON Territory, not the Washington Territory.
Again, at 16:46, no mention of Oregon, which had already become a state in 1859.
The Washington Territory was created in 1853 by residents of the Oregon Territory who wanted more regional self-government. They asked the Oregon Territorial Legislature to back their aspiration, and it did. Residents wanted to call it the Columbia Territory, but many in Congress thought it would cause confusion with what is now the District of Columbia (the D.C. in Washington D.C.). Some Congressmen wanted to instead name it after George Washington, while some like Rep. Evans (MD) wanted to name the prospective state after "some beautiful Indian name." Sadly, the former won out.
Hope you soon do a video on the Cherokee, Apache peoples.
Do Madagascar history if you can find anything.
Hey king and general as casual fan can you do history of borneo or dayak people
please consider making videos on the history of Madagascar and one on the Maratha Empire.
I am from this territory, I am Carrier from the Sai'kuz Nation. Thank you for sharing a piece of my people's story.
Bruh you're like 1/8th treemexican lol. You look more Nordic than the average European these days even. Stop trying to be non-white so bad.
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Aho, I am Whiteman from the sacred Whiteyville peoples, welcome. Smoke this m*th pipe with me......
I live in the Pacific Northwest (Washington State), thank you so much Kings & Generals for exploring this gorgeous region that is my home on your channel
Me too. To both
@@tannerdenny5430Me three to both, born and raised.
Me too..born and grew up in Everett...thanks Kings & Generals.
@@bryank3500Born in Oregon, raised in Washington
@@nathanielvashaw2328 I'm just curious but which tribe are you from, or are you European descendant?
I’m from the Pacific Northwest and I’m extremely grateful for your guy’s work on my home area. While I’m not indigenous, I can confirm that the native people are still here and alive, their culture has combined with ours over the years and is still reviving, their traditions revitalizing. Their story is an incredible one of endurance, courage and strength much like the cedar trees that make this place perfect, the natural beauty of this area and its character are second to none. Once again thank you guys for this video, everyone is always all so busy talking about California being the “West Coast” that they forget that there are two whole states left with their own unique qualities of their own.
Those of us who live on islands in SE Alaska feel your pain.
I would be interested in a follow up about the natives of California
@@danielzhang1916lowkey the most overlooked tribes in American history
@@danielzhang1916, Malibu is Chumash for "Where the mountains meet the Sea" or "Where the waves crash"...
As a lifelong Pacific Northwest resident and Indigenous person, I greatly appreciate this video. Thank you for showing so much love and respect to our Indigenous peoples and communities. ❤
As a specialist in Indigenous North American history (I specialize in the Northern Great Plains, but have a cursory knowledge of the PNW), I was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of research, detail, and presentation. Great job! I’d love to see one on the Northern Great Plains too.
Kings and Generals hires authors for each video. You should apply to write about it, I'd love to hear of your expertise in the matter.
I’m from Tulalip and on my grandfathers side I’m Tseshaht but thanks you for this video, I’ve been a fan of these and have been watching them since 2019 and I’d never thought you’d make a video covering NW natives!! I hope everyone gets to see our unique culture as usually people think of SW or Plains when they think Native American
Do the Tulalip tribe have their own reservation in the Northwest?
I worked for Tulalip Casino long ago for a couple of years as a card dealer. It was so much fun. Tulalip people can find humor in anything.
The history of Pre-Columbian native American society is very underrated and interesting!
What I like about it most is they would insure the land would sustain 7 generations after their own.
@@kaiheaton4858 And when generosity is the indicator for how rich you are, you come to an understanding of why it is like that in my opinion.
As someone that lives right next to the Lummi nation, it’s always really cool to see this regions indigenous history and culture get the attention and appreciation it deserves.
Not just the lummi! But also the upper skagit, nooksack, and sammish nations too! I grew up in Whatcom county myself, learning coast salish history and culture inspired my anthropology degree. The lummi hold the distinction of inventing reef netting, one of the most efficient and sustainable meathods of large scale fishing in the world
@@Mancub2024howdy Bellingham folks, weird to see our little corner of the world being the focus of one of my favorite channels!
@@calderthornberry6059 My ass sitting on the rez right now. Not gonna lie I'm going to bring it up with the boys next time I see them.
Sandy Point here!
I've got an 8ft diameter cedar tree on my property out here in Acme if you guys wanna build a war canoe and float it down the Nooksack to go raiding with me?
Video on the Inuit or Iroquois next?
This reminds me a lot of Disney's Brother Bear!
They have a series about Tecumseh
yeah...and Anishinaabe - 3 Fire prophecy & movement across the Great Lakes would be good on a map too
Lots of large and powerful North American indigenous confederacies that can be talked about:
The Haudenosaunee “People of the Longhouse”
Wabanki Confederacy
Council of Three Fires
Heck Yeah! I'm super excited to hear about this subject! I live in the Pacific Northwest and I've been trying to learn as much as I can about the people who have lived here for thousands of years in this beautiful place.
this is minor and it would have been a nice sentiment anyway, but im glad that u said "have lived" and not "lived". the social narrative has tended to present them in the past tense but indigenous people are very much still here in a very real way and thats gotta be common knowledge
@@user-ze7sj4qy6q Absolutely! They're still here! When I was in elementary school we took a field trip to a Chinook plankhouse/museum, and got to see a performance of their dance ceremonies. It really impacted me and gave me a deep respect for the people of this land, and made me want to learn more about them.
Thanks kings and generals for using my language Dän K'e to describe our lands and not using the English term southern tutchone. It was the first time anywhere I've seen it being used other than by my First Nation.
The writer for the episode has been specializing on the history of the region
@KingsandGenerals For translation, Dän means people. Specifically our people. And K'e means way. So Dän K'e means "Our Way." As a joke, when The Mandalorian came out, we would say "this is the way" all the time to describe ourselves.
@KingsandGenerals I also sent this video to our language group chat for everyone to watch. Great job as usual. I've been a follower since the beginning. This is one of my favorite channels.
As a British Columbian ... I can honestly say I didnt expect this from this channel. Remarkable how accurate the information is. Much of the facts here equal what we already know on the ground about the culture of the history of this part of the world, but surprising more is how much of what was presented, we here dont know. The research here really is at another level.
You know what they missed though?!
That the Haida put Gatling (g)uns on their friggin dugout canoes!! How Bad_A$$ is that eh?!
You nailed it. Best 20min summary of this incredibly complicated topic I've seen. Second time this week I've seen a "best in class" description of some complicated subject by a youtube channel I've subscribed to for entirely different content. I love the internet :)
What was the other video?
It’s so cool to see my culture in a K&G video,
my native name is Dix-Ska-De-Wa my brothers are Sko-Leab & Swayuxult, on my father’s side we are Puyallup, Nisqually & Yakama while on my mother’s we are Sauk-Suiattle & Colville and i have relatives that are Cowichan, Swinomish, & Snoqualmie as well
It's very interesting to learn about cultures from other parts of the world, because I'm already bored with the more famous ones. Thank you.
Raven seems like a chill dude
Really would love more in-depth videos on the peoples of the Pacific Northwest. Their history and culture is so rich, but so little is actually passed on in our educational system
I made that same observation about the U.S. education system in regard to this topic; i.e., I learned more about the area's history in this 20 minute video than in 13 years of U.S. public schooling.
@skyden24195 straight up, where I grew up, I actually thought Indigenous people were literally a thing of the past. My province had effectively removed nearly all traces of the local peoples that they displaced or forced to extinction. It's so frustrating as an adult to know they just try and ignore this dark part of our past.
no one talks about the natives of the West Coast, it's all about the eastern half about the big tribes
@@danielzhang1916 I'd say that the southwest natives like the Navaho, Apache and Mojave do get a substantial amount of attention, but the northwest tribes seem to get left out of the conversation quite a bit by comparison.
Was not expecting to get home from work and see a video about indigenous tribes right where I live!
Please do a video on the Nez Perce, Yakima, Coeur D'Alene, Kootenay, and Shoshone-Bannock/Shoshone-Paiute next.
Yes please. I live inland and it would be very interesting to hear and learn how inland tribes lived and had to confederate to survive.
@@daniellawson652 The Kootenay are especially interesting. They're a complete language isolate, and rebelled against the federal government in recent memory.
Eyy im from lewiston, Nimiipuu would be super cool to hear what they know about them
@@fookiebookie4239I'd love to see a series about the Yakima and Nez Perce Wars. I read a book about the Nez Perce War a few weeks back and learned an awful lot about Ollokot, Chief Joseph's younger brother.
I used to spend a lot of time in Spokane and grew up there. Still neat to see the Salish language used at the ballgames and on jerseys. Over the last several years spent a lot of time exploring Oregon, Idaho and Montana retracing Nez Perce and battlefields. The museum of the Nez Perce is really good.
I’m from the Ahousaht First Nation, long time viewer thank you for making this video. Very well made and articulated to explain such a diverse region. Minor correction, small pox arrived prior to Captain Cook through trade routes into the interior towards the East Coast and the Aztecs in the south. The epidemic that hit after Cook was the second one
Thank you so much for your insightful comment. Was it the Spanish who introduced small-pox to the PNWC, which then spread Eastward and Southward?
@ no, it was a combination of the English settlements in the East Coast and the Spanish colonies in Mexico. Some time in the 17th-18th century small pox arrived from the South into the PNW and spread through trade routes. Second part came through the east as Nuuchahnulth and other coastal nations dentalium shells can be found as far as Great Plains. So it would eventually also back via trade routes from the east coast into the PNW via trade routes. But the major ones hit the hardest after Cook and Quadra arrived, which are the ones documented
Born and raised on Vancouver Island, I really appreciate this video! :)
Thank you for all the amazing content
I literally lives 50 feet away from the Fraser river lmao. Watching this on my balcony hit diff😂😂😂
I love that you’re doing the native people of the North America and Canada regions. They are proud people and know the land before we did and glad your showing there stories
there's so much more that people don't know about the natives on the West Coast
Canada is on the North American continent lol.
You’re absolutely correct 20 minutes is not enough and I’m sure I am not alone when I say I would love to see more in depth episodes of the people’s of the Pacific Northwest.
I hope we see more.
Wow, pleasant surprise!!! I’m a Washingtonian, and have a lot of Indigenous friends (Muckleshoot, Puyallup, Nisqually), so dope to catch a doc on the history of local Natives! Hoyt!
Tsekene Native here 🦅
As a member of the Tlingit tribe, thank you for bringing awareness to some of the atrocities enacted against all of the First Nation peoples of the Northwest.
Finally an honest report on my people! Thank you!
Well done in 20 minutes, especially how you concisely addressed modern history and Indigenous resilience. Thank you!
Never would I expect K&G to do a PNW vid 🥺👀 what an execellent job well done, as always. Thank you K&G! Tacoma Native 🙏🏽
Huu-ay-aht FN here, a part of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples on the west coast of Vancouver Island (formerly known as Nootka). A few minor pronunciation here, but happy to see you cover our peoples in the PNW of Turtle Island! 👍🏽
The dances and songs during the Potlatch are like their "living library." Such a beautiful way to preserve history! What do you think?
The last school being closed in 1996 is insane to think about
Any St'at'imc or mixed St'at'aimc gang here?
Feels so weird to see a UA-cam video about somewhere you live, something your connected to, spmething youve experienced, spmething youve studied
Xwisten mixed
@Douglas-ju1ze fuck holy no way. Same. Xwisten. More white than xwisten ig.
Obsessed with your present tense description of these territories. ❤️
Always good to hear about pre-columbian peoples.
Suggestion for another video: The Great Tupi Migration from Amazon towards the coastal areas of Brazil, and their fights againts the Jê Tribes.
There are several legends about this great migration, about the search of a mythical land called Ivy Mara Ey ("Land without Evil", in Tupi), under the leadership of a single chieftain called Tupi, the ancestor of all Tupi tribes.
One of the most fascinating stories of this region to me took place during the 1855 Puget Sound War, which was between different groups including the Nisqually and the “Bostons” (American settlers). The Nisqually and others refused to move to a reservation per a treaty signed by Chief Leschi (he either didn’t sign it, or the terms were misrepresented to him). In the middle of that armed conflict, a Haida raiding party came down from Alaska by chance and caused a problem for several months, raiding both local indigenous groups and American settlers.
The intro was sublime! Really set its hooks into me.
Thanks!
I’m from WA state. I’m so glad we got to learn about indigenous cultures in school. It baffles me when I tell people from other states and they never learned about tribes and cultures in their state.
I love the more unexploded parts of history
"unexploded" The British ship attacking Haida Gwaii might disagree 😉
Another important thing to note about the Potlatch System was the system of favours - that was a super important driving factor behind the economic and social cohesion of the region. If you attended an Indigenous chief's potlatch and accepted their gifts, you were essentially beholden to them to return something as a favour if called upon. These favours could include holding a potlatch yourself and giving a reciprocal gift to that chief, or they could also include the giving of goods outside of potlatches, and perhaps of most important note, potlatch favours were called upon in times of war. If I accepted a gift from a Squamish chief, and later that year they faced a hostile foe, they could call upon all of their potlatch guests to repay their favours by providing military support.
It was truly a very well thought-out and cohesive system that maintained the social and economic prosperity of the region. Wish our capitalist world could be more like their system!
seems to be a pattern, you bring gifts to someone's house and get back in return, just like in Asia
Such a joy to see attention given to this lesser known but vibrant culture. Excellent work Kings & Generals.
My family is Tlingit Dogfish, I weave cedar, very well done. thank you.
I've been living in the PNW for over a decade now, and it is by far the most historically and naturally interesting, diverse and breath-takingly beautiful places I've ever been, and I've moved around the N. American continent quite a lot. This area (along with the central Mexican isthmus) are historically, culturally and culinarily far and away more complex, sophisticated and fascinating than any other region I've visited on the continent.
I love when you guys do the slightly more obscure stuff. This, SE Asia, Africa, South America, love all that stuff. Would really love to see more on Sub-Saharan Africa
This is really well researched and respectful - well done! 👍👍👍
Thanks!
This video made me wanting to study about the histories on both sides of the borders that split the Pacific Northwest between the U.S and Canada now. So thank you!
I’ve lived in between Washington and Oregon my entire life
Thank you for exploring and showing this part of history that few people explore
I actually liked that gift giving tradition. My fantasy world sea elves, the Kasaki people can certainly benefit from such tradition...
The potlach, or potluck, is still a tradition valued today in the PNW! Ngl, as a kid I never knew the origins of the “potlucks” we always went to, but ye! Everyone brings a dish
@@Shreeshraw loved it, it was a very interesting mechanic in their social traditions, the honor is in out gifting others not in out hording them... it's just out of the box thinking at it's best, and the best part is, the competition brings back the wealth instead of taking it away, it's just an incredibly innovative idea that turns a zero sum game on it's head and creates a win win situation out of it.
Chinese people have done that for centuries, Offer and receive with two hands: This symbolizes respect and gratitude. Consider the recipient's economic status: Avoid gifts that are too expensive or cheap.
Consider the gift's color: Red is associated with good fortune, yellow is traditional, and blue is associated with healing. Avoid black and white. There are many unspoken rules for gift giving that have been passed down
This is the first time I've seen a UA-camr name my tribe, the Eyak. We are such a small tribe we are often grouped together with other tribes in the area.
As someone living in B.C. on the Northwest Coast who loves your channel this is sweet!
instant click for me. I live on the traditional lands of the Kwantlen and I'm always interested to hear another person's research on the area. I've always loved the traditional histories.
Writing an essay about this 🔥
This is Fantastic! Not enough people know the history of Indigenous people in North America, and Videos like this help quell ignorance!
My stepmom is from the Haida tribe in Alaska and I’ve lived most of my life in the Pacific Northwest. I appreciate the video
I’m very impressed! As a cultural educator in this region supporting the diversity of indigenous communities here, i appreciate the honesty of this video and it’s courage to name the cultural genocide that was attempted
Yessss. Thank you! We need more indigenous Americas videos
100% need more of this! My family is closely ingrained within the Semiahmoo group and I learned all about the Coast Salish general culture in elementary and high school. It is so fascinating, but there are precious few historical works written from the native view point, mostly due to the fractured nature of the peoples. Thank you for taking this on. These are rich cultures that have heavily influenced Coastal BC's way of life. More people need to hear of the Haida Vikings, trust me, just as brutal as the Scandinavian ones.
Please do one for the indigenous plains peoples of Canada. And one for the Inuit please
I have been watching your content for a while and I am glad to see the pnw and the Haida people getting some love.
It’s amazing to me how many people in the pnw don’t even know Haida Gwaii exists.
I Especially Find of the Pacific Northwest so Even as You Press out of Northern California and into Oregon and Washington Vancouver in Canada Vancouver Island the San Juans I Just I Love it up there. Paul Walker Interview. MassPaws.
Very well written. A lot of good information in a condensed time frame, nice job
Amazing! I've been living in lower mainland for past twenty years since teenager and never heard of potlatch until I saw this video! Thank you very much K&G!
"what is the use of all this cool stuff ive collected if I cant share it with the bros?" -Guy who invented the Potlatch probably
Awesome video of the Pacific Northwest.
My Step-Dad’s family; the Chinook have legends of taking 5 year trips to Japan and bringing wives as souvenirs. The legends also state that Turquoise was gathered from the Mexico area. :)
Chinook Wawa was a trade language that was used as a commercial language in the Pacific Northwest until the Great Depression.
Wait! Are you serious! Why have I never heard of 5 year boat voyages to Japan? (Don't actually answer that, I know the answer and it's depressing.) Mind is gleefully blown!
Have any of the Chinook ever thought to do what the Polynesians and the Norwegians have done? Build a sea worthy boat and try to recreate the trip?
Hey @Tea_and_Crafts :)
Currently talking my Step-Dad into eventually taking such a cruise with me, there is a PowerPoint that I’m working on that discusses Native American YDNA on FTDNA, Columbia River Arrowheads and the Chinook Dresses;with Chinese Coins sewn onto them. Pictures can be seen online courtesy of Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) :)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentalium_shell#/media/File%3AEdward_S._Curtis_Collection_People_088.jpg
Late Great Uncle Gary had been active in Washington DC to get the Chinooks Federally Recognized under this argument; almost succeeded under Bill Clinton’s Administration but sadly didn’t fall through under Bush Jr.
Hey Tea_and_Crafts :)
Currently talking my Step-Dad into eventually taking such a canoe cruise with me, there is a PowerPoint that I’m working on that discusses the Columbia River Arrowheads and the Chinook Dresses with Chinese Coins sewn onto them; pictures can be seen online courtesy of Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) :)
Late Great Uncle Gary had been active in Washington DC to get the Chinooks Federally Recognized under this argument; almost succeeded under Bill Clinton’s Administration but sadly didn’t fall through after he left office in 2001.
@@kwitshadie6539 oh I hope both those things go through. Last time I was on Victoria Island the museum had a small exhibit about some boat making and small trips being restored to (I think it was) the Haida community. (Don't remember the details well sorry.)
A full blown voyage with video documentation would be epic. Just to see the challenges and the human ingenuity required! And the success!!
I've personally been on the reconstruction long ship (still waiting to see if it ever leaves dry dock at Mystic Seaport), only seen video of the Polynesian one. But I love seeing experimental archeology and anthropology rediscoveries happening live (would be that from where I stand. It would be sorely needed restoration of culture for the people actually involved.)
@@Tea_and_Crafts Thanks for letting me know about the Museum in Victoria Island. It would be interesting to check out. 😁
This was an amazing video to see. I live in North Idaho love learning about my local area.
I'm so happy you made this video, and even happier to see First Nations people in the comments! There are so many incredible cultures and I'm always eager to hear more.
So well done!!! So informative and the amount of positive interaction and knowledge that will come out of this video is priceless. Nobody it seems talks about very little pre European history. I am born and raised British Colombia west coast. Have worked and travelled the world, no place has come close to the overwhelming natural beauty, energy and life that exists here. It's a connection that so many non indigenous people share with first nations is this feeling, spiritual connection and respect that you have for the land, balance and it's offerings. This is the feeling of home for me, a feeling of belonging that comes from the natural world here. There are so many aspects that I would love to share but this is all good. Once again thanks, and for all of us that share this land understand that it will be here long long after humans have departed, perhaps even just modern civilization where people would return to indeginous roots and culture. This is why it is so important to emphasize the resilience and importance to protect, inform and pass it all on. Much love to a future where mother earth is respect and loved by all of us as one.
That was a beautiful documentary. Very brief, but satisfyingly insightful.
This was a great one! As someone who has attended Pot-latch with "Shi Shi Lady" I know the world hasn't seen such power and wonder. Thank you.
Manifest destiny= lebensraum
We also have exceedingly similar totem poles in Northern Mongolia and throughout Siberia that we use as tie-posts for our horses and livestock. We call them, "Sergee" which means to awaken.
I'd pay thousands to just watch a single documentary about the Haida of this quality from K&G
I just moved to Seattle and I can’t thank you enough for providing a great way to learn about such an important subject!
I'm from Prince of Wales island in Alaska, so i grew up with Haida and Tlingit people, pretty cool to see a video about them here.
Mutual history here on the north coast of Canada, Many say Haida are the vikings of Canada, Many of our tribes in this region say not so fast, Take my tribe, Haida once sent 300 of their finest warriors into my tribes lands, Those 300 warriors were never seen again. Just a simple native of Canada. Ts'msyen (Tsimshian) Nation.
As an Alaskan I found this to be really cool. Thank you for this fantastic video!
It's amazing how similar the Canadian and American governments treatment of natives were to Romes treatment of the Druids, Celts, Carthaginians, Gaul, ect. Especially in the way the Romans exterminated the Druid culture. The Soviet Union did the same thing to its own poeple under Stalin, as did the People's Republic of China under Mao. We can trace this kind of behavior all the way back to Sumaria. I know where I live in Alaska the local tribes fought each other for millennia, often quite brutally. I guess war is in humanity's DNA. History sure likes to repeat itself.
Thank you again for this video. I think it is vital for future generations that we learn from our past.
USA, Canada AND go look at Australia & how the aboriginals were treated when Europeans arrived. There's a common denominator there.....
@@shy404usernotfoundyes.. technological advantage and population expansion.
Greek vs Persia and Egypt. Rome vs Greece, the Levant and the Mediterranean... eventuall northern Europe. The Mongols vs Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Japanese vs Ainu.
China vs Tibet and Southeast Asia.
Maya vs "everone in the region" .. Aztecs vs "everyone in the region"
Northern Europe in the last 400 years..
The common demoninator has always been technology and expansion.
Sadly, a truly "peaceful" society has never been a reality..
Maybe some day..
Be Well!! 👍😃
Great video about the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast of North America. I’m really impressed by their diversity and richness.
Would love to see a video exploring the indigenous communities in California. A rich and diverse region that get very little attention. I am of Northern Pomo and Coastal Yuki decent in this area.
I only know a small bit from the end of the book but the cook expeditions to the PNW were absolutely fascinating given the general mix of ways indigenous American cultures were. Excited to watch and read up it more
Hello, you included a photo of a "salish house post" this is in incorrect. Those host posts are from the Gusgimukw first nation of the kwakwaka'wakw
Remarkable. I love the way you guys focus in on the fringes of the world’s cultures. A vid on Finno ugric peoples would be great too!
I lived in Vancouver for 10 (pre-UA-cam) years during which I learned about 1/20th of the content of this 20 minute video. Well done. Now that one episode of Stargate SG-1 makes a lot more sense!
This was watched from glorious Issaquah, WA
The content weve been waiting for
I'm half Haida and wouldn't really contest any of this. The visuals and art were quite representative of the real thing. Great work. I wish we had more history of the sort this channel usually covers, but alas my people weren't much for record keeping and as you said it was highly decentralized, where most combat was more like raiding or feuds than war between states.
Just to try to add info to something that was touched on, I don't know if it's universal in the Pacific Northwest, but at least the Haida and Tlingit tribes actually have some social structure tied to the raven and eagle mythology and it's actually more than just religion/stories. All people are born as either a raven or an eagle(determined by matrilineal descent if memory serves). I don't think it has much relevance in the modern day, but I think it played some role in how society was organized(beyond being a belief system) historically. I can't remember details, but it had/has relevance along the lines of determining who can marry who, who should host potlatches when, or maybe even what role a person was expected to play in society. Again, I can't remember any details; I'm just describing the general feel of what it was and those examples aren't facts. The technical term for it is a moiety.
One of my favourite videos of this channel!!
Thanks!
Nicely done. So rare to see anything on north America’s First Nations that is both fair and accurate.
Very interesting video; the culture of the Pacific northwest has been quite influential globally with lots of people being able to recognize what a 'totem pole' or 'thunderbird' is, if not where it originally comes from.
In my area, there's a college that teaches Chinook Wawa, in a longhouse no less!
A video about the indigenous people living in Quebec. Canada, before and/or during the colonisation period would be awesome! Great content as always. thank you for the upload!
Another great video K&G! Thank you for not leaving anything out. You told us everything about the various tribes Pre-European Arrival. They traded, fished, and danced but also warred, pillaged, and enslaved as well. You also didn't pull any punches about when Europeans arrived and their affect on the various tribes. Finally, what I want to commend you for the most is ending on a message of hope that the indigenous peoples are still here with us. Other videos I've seen through the years often end on "The Europeans came and killed everyone. Then End." That always felt counterproductive because as with everything in life it's not black & white like that. There's good *and* bad. Great *and* terrible. For a 20 minute video, I'd say you covered it brilliantly.
Can you guys please make a video or series on the Haitian Revolution?
Love this. Please more vids of the Americas generally, very slept on area!
Will the sources be added to the description?
Added now, thanks for the reminder!
I know its a bit of a stretch but it would be cool to see more of this and expanding to the south - there are the chinook who were a link between the nw coast and interior tribes - would be cool to see tribes of the N. American West and their interconnections
from vancouver, always been interested in haida gwaii, great to see such a high quality not canadian channel doing an amazing video on them
'Paying the Land' by Joe Saco is an excellent exploration of the complexities they face. It's a series of comic-style drawings of interviews, not sure how you'd describe it as a genre.
Living on the north Olympic peninsula, I live between the S’klallam and Makah. Very cool to see Kings and Generals cover these peoples.