Sincere thanks for this very detailed information. At first I was thinking I would not get much out of it with only 16 minutes. However I have been typing and making notes for over 2 hours. This has been extremely helpful in my quest to learn the history of the Wendat Nation. A great start. Thank you. Migwetc
Thank you for posting this. It was very informative. I have French-Canadian ancestors and some that were of Metis ancestry. Mainly of the Wendat Nation. I enjoy learning about their culture and history.
In the 195s my grandfather left the tribe down in Oklahoma to get work at the meat packing plants in Omaha, and it's so wonderful to see a nice and concise video that I can show my kids to trace our heritage back to the east. Beautiful video
I am a member of The Wyandotte Nation in Oklahoma. They always put on our newletters front page a quote from some Military General who said we were the smartest toughest warriors to beat. Well...I'm thinking not. We ended up in freakin Oklahoma lol. There's even an old boarding school in Wyandotte Ok. We have stories from when we lived in Ks. and the America Civil War broke out. Tribal members went off to fight for America. Came home to find white ppl had thrown their stuff out and moved in. SMH. Never ending. The Seneca I believe, sold us land in Oklahoma, when the next removal act came from Ks. Nebraska. NO ONE realized HOW MANY tribes were relocated to a patch of a land that was only a square. Standing room only. Tribe from as far away as Montana, and the east were sent here. Once we had a whole continent to roam. Only reduced now to a few acres. It's pathetic really. The trauma comes when you go to apply for your CDIB card. Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood. You have to proof your ancestry back to a family member who signed the Daws Act. THAT is so difficult to do and requires visiting history and reading all those Gov. documents and reliving the past. It's agonizing for many. Luckily for me, my mom was able to do all that leg work back in the 70s w/o the internet. I mean it's not like we had birth certificates back then! My grandma still owned a bit of land here in Ok. Somehow, the freakin US Gov. managed to steal that from her too. Now white ppl live on it. I do get disgusted when I think about it or have to go by there. I should be living on it. They stole it just to develop it, and move even more non indigenous into Indian Territory. Land was taken over and over and over and over again. Each time with the promise of something, that never came. Now we are SOVEREIGN, yet the tribe still takes Federal Money, and as long as they do that. We suffer, b/c it always comes with a catch. For instance. We were guaranteed free healthcare for life. When I go to the tribal clinic. They ask if I have insurance. I say No. Why? Never had to have it before. Then they hand you papers to fill out and push you to the market place. I just refuse. They have to treat me, so screwem. lol.
I am a descendant of the Huron or Wendat people my name is Robert Thibeault my Huron name is Blue Bear Since I’m 3rd generation I don’t know much of where our tribes roots are either my family lied about being Huron Indian living in Boston so they wouldn’t be discriminated and could work. our tribal census papers were burned by the church is anybody else in the same boat well canoe as me lol
One of the Wyandot that were placed into the valley of the Lower Mohawks (Fort Hunter) was the family of Molly and Joseph Brant. When James Fenimore Cooper wrote his fictional Novel based on real people and events he made Maqua the antagonist. The Algonquin chief says in his trial "but what's a Huron to do?" The Magua is the name Mohawks gave themselves, and J F Cooper lived in Cooperstown that was part of the land belonging to Chief Joseph Brant (By his wife as men did not possess the lands) So the thought of Chief Brant returning gave Copper nightmares. When Brant settled in Upper Canada he took land on the North Side of Lake Ontario (Traditional Huron) in keeping with Native Land traditions.
Thank you for sharing your research on these truths. There is much educational work to be done in raising awareness of these events and cultural conflicts embodied in the violent oppression of our collective histories and the socioeconomic impact we experience as a result of the lack of social justice and human rights in the current sociopolitical arena. Great work.
im mixed annishinaabe and wendat natiom but i got adopted by a canadian family i didnt grew up with the culture and the languages sadly but im learning everyday
Awesome, I live in the original Wendat area. Doing my best to try to find as much information as possible, but it is indeed difficult! most of us around here had,kt even heard the name Wendat, and always referred to the first people here as the Hurons.
Im Huron and cannot find hardly anything on my tribes history and the only native relative i know is someone who i dont feel comfortable talking to ...its frustrating
I found that Indigenous Studies Programs at universities connect many people and cultural exchanges and reconnect and reunite people. There often are Elders there from different Nations to support students of all ages. Many connecting with their culture through others for the first time, very healing and cathartic. Maybe there are some connections to be made through online groups? Have courage. You are not alone.
Sincere thanks for this very detailed information. At first I was thinking I would not get much out of it with only 16 minutes. However I have been typing and making notes for over 2 hours. This has been extremely helpful in my quest to learn the history of the Wendat Nation. A great start. Thank you. Migwetc
Thank you for posting this. It was very informative. I have French-Canadian ancestors and some that were of Metis ancestry. Mainly of the Wendat Nation. I enjoy learning about their culture and history.
In the 195s my grandfather left the tribe down in Oklahoma to get work at the meat packing plants in Omaha, and it's so wonderful to see a nice and concise video that I can show my kids to trace our heritage back to the east.
Beautiful video
I am a member of The Wyandotte Nation in Oklahoma. They always put on our newletters front page a quote from some Military General who said we were the smartest toughest warriors to beat. Well...I'm thinking not. We ended up in freakin Oklahoma lol. There's even an old boarding school in Wyandotte Ok.
We have stories from when we lived in Ks. and the America Civil War broke out. Tribal members went off to fight for America. Came home to find white ppl had thrown their stuff out and moved in. SMH. Never ending.
The Seneca I believe, sold us land in Oklahoma, when the next removal act came from Ks. Nebraska. NO ONE realized HOW MANY tribes were relocated to a patch of a land that was only a square. Standing room only. Tribe from as far away as Montana, and the east were sent here. Once we had a whole continent to roam. Only reduced now to a few acres. It's pathetic really.
The trauma comes when you go to apply for your CDIB card. Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood. You have to proof your ancestry back to a family member who signed the Daws Act. THAT is so difficult to do and requires visiting history and reading all those Gov. documents and reliving the past. It's agonizing for many. Luckily for me, my mom was able to do all that leg work back in the 70s w/o the internet. I mean it's not like we had birth certificates back then!
My grandma still owned a bit of land here in Ok. Somehow, the freakin US Gov. managed to steal that from her too. Now white ppl live on it. I do get disgusted when I think about it or have to go by there. I should be living on it. They stole it just to develop it, and move even more non indigenous into Indian Territory. Land was taken over and over and over and over again. Each time with the promise of something, that never came. Now we are SOVEREIGN, yet the tribe still takes Federal Money, and as long as they do that. We suffer, b/c it always comes with a catch. For instance. We were guaranteed free healthcare for life. When I go to the tribal clinic. They ask if I have insurance. I say No. Why? Never had to have it before. Then they hand you papers to fill out and push you to the market place. I just refuse. They have to treat me, so screwem. lol.
I am a descendant of the Huron or Wendat people my name is Robert Thibeault my Huron name is Blue Bear Since I’m 3rd generation I don’t know much of where our tribes roots are either my family lied about being Huron Indian living in Boston so they wouldn’t be discriminated and could work. our tribal census papers were burned by the church is anybody else in the same boat well canoe as me lol
One of the Wyandot that were placed into the valley of the Lower Mohawks (Fort Hunter) was the family of Molly and Joseph Brant. When James Fenimore Cooper wrote his fictional Novel based on real people and events he made Maqua the antagonist. The Algonquin chief says in his trial "but what's a Huron to do?" The Magua is the name Mohawks gave themselves, and J F Cooper lived in Cooperstown that was part of the land belonging to Chief Joseph Brant (By his wife as men did not possess the lands) So the thought of Chief Brant returning gave Copper nightmares. When Brant settled in Upper Canada he took land on the North Side of Lake Ontario (Traditional Huron) in keeping with Native Land traditions.
Thankyou so much, I now learned about the Huron Wendat
Thank you for sharing your research on these truths. There is much educational work to be done in raising awareness of these events and cultural conflicts embodied in the violent oppression of our collective histories and the socioeconomic impact we experience as a result of the lack of social justice and human rights in the current sociopolitical arena. Great work.
im mixed annishinaabe and wendat natiom but i got adopted by a canadian family i didnt grew up with the culture and the languages sadly but im learning everyday
Tizameh! (Thank you) for creating and posting . . .
It was hilarious that you nailed all the first nations names and then stumbled on the first French one.
Awesome, I live in the original Wendat area. Doing my best to try to find as much information as possible, but it is indeed difficult! most of us around here had,kt even heard the name Wendat, and always referred to the first people here as the Hurons.
Im Huron and cannot find hardly anything on my tribes history and the only native relative i know is someone who i dont feel comfortable talking to ...its frustrating
I found one documentary but the whole thing is in french -_-
I found that Indigenous Studies Programs at universities connect many people and cultural exchanges and reconnect and reunite people. There often are Elders there from different Nations to support students of all ages. Many connecting with their culture through others for the first time, very healing and cathartic. Maybe there are some connections to be made through online groups? Have courage. You are not alone.
Steve Cheung thnk you so much for all the information and supporting words!!
A+
Great information. The hand was annoying though since it often blocked the maps and pictures. I would have liked to see the maps and pictures longer!
the chain of the universe sounds more plausible to me than Christianity...
Wendat Nation citizen here
the guy's pronunciation of Haudenosaunee 😂
It’s not a guy…
Thx you so much
I appreciate you!!
It's disrespectful to down play the beaver wars. But I understand you're young and see through a very narrow lens
land mouvement=immigrant that's it and that's all i have to say.