The Numbered Treaties (1871-1921)

Canada's westward expansion after 1867 was not into empty land. The Numbered Treaties, 11 agreements signed between the Crown & First Nations from 1871-1921 allowed it. Foundational, deeply complex & controversial, they cover vast territories -- Ontario to the Rockies. Essential to understand Canada's creation & relationship with Indigenous peoples. #Canada #CreationOfCanada #IndigenousHistory #Treaties

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_Treaties

𝗡𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗸: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 - 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟯: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗜𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗼𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟭

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In 2024, an Indigenous burial site was found during construction on Withrow Avenue, near Riverdale Park East in Toronto. Where others see a “hole” in the ground awaiting investigation, journalist Gabrielle McMann sees a window into the city's complex pre-colonial history — and a deeper sense of belonging.

#TurtleIsland #IndigenousHistory #Toronto

https://thelocal.to/toronto-archeology-indigenous-history-withrow-construction-development/

Legacy of #Indigenous #stewardship of #camas dates back more than 3,500 years, #OSU study finds

May 20, 2024

Excerpt: CORVALLIS, Ore. — "An #Oregon State University study found evidence that Indigenous groups in the #PacificNorthwest were intentionally harvesting edible #CamasBulbs at optimal stages of the plant’s maturation as far back as 3,500 years ago.

"The findings contribute to the growing body of research around #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge and practices, demonstrating the care and specificity with which Indigenous groups have been stewarding and cultivating natural resources for millennia.

"Camas is an #ecological and cultural keystone, meaning it is a species that many other organisms depend on and that features prominently within many cultural practices.

" 'If you think about #salmon as being a charismatic species that people are very familiar with, camas is kind of the plant equivalent,' said Molly Carney, an assistant professor of anthropology in OSU’s College of Liberal Arts and lead author on the study. 'It is one of those species that really holds up greater #ecosystems, a fundamental species which everything is related to.'

"An eye-catching blue flower that grows widely throughout the Pacific Northwest, camas is referred to in Indigenous calendars across the region, with the plant’s growth stages used as a sort of seasonal benchmark. It is often included in traditional #FirstFood ceremonies, in which tribal communities mark the coming of spring with the first #SalmonRun or the first #EdibleRoots after a long winter, Carney said.

"Camas bulbs must be baked for two to three days to render them edible. Once soft, the bulbs taste a bit like sweet potato, Carney said. Traditional baking was done in underground ovens using heated rocks."

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https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/legacy-indigenous-stewardship-camas-dates-back-more-3500-years-osu-study-finds

#SolarPunkSunday #LandUse
#IndigenousFoods #CulturalPreservation
#NativeAmericanHistory #IndigenousStewardship #IndigenousHistory #TraditionalFoods
#TraditionalFoodSources #KeystoneSpecies #PNW #TEK

Native song and dance shaped Christian festivals in colonial New Spain. 🎶🪶

Missionaries used public spectacle to teach Christianity, but Indigenous communities carried older traditions of rhythm, movement, and ceremony into the colonial religious world.

#Brewminate #IndigenousHistory #ColonialHistory #NewSpain #MusicHistory

https://brewminate.com/native-song-dance-christian-festivals-new-spain/

University of Prince Edward Island: Mi’kmaw-led digital archive launches for 300th Anniversary of 1726 Treaty. “L’nuey is launching a new Mi’kmaw-led digital archive to mark the 300th anniversary of the 1726 Peace and Friendship Treaty on June 4, 2026. The project aims to make Mi’kmaw history in Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island) easier to find, understand, and use.”

Native American musical instruments were vessels of ceremony, memory, healing, storytelling, and identity. 🥁🪶

Drums, flutes, rattles, whistles, and other instruments carried cultural meaning across generations, connecting sound to community, land, spirit, and survival.

#Brewminate #NativeAmericanHistory #IndigenousHistory #MusicHistory

https://brewminate.com/native-american-musical-instruments-history/

Salt Lake Tribune: New database unlocks the history of an LDS congregation unlike any other. “From 1880 to 1966, more than a thousand of these Indigenous members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints found ways to blend their Native identities with the young faith. In doing so, they left behind thousands of records — photos, letters, maps, personal histories and more — now all […]

What is up with Netflix suddenly having all these documentaries about dead presidents? IDGAF about any of them. They were all colonizers. Washington, Roosevelt (I think there's one about both of them), Garfield, and more I can't remember off the top of my head.

it's worse since I watched the Sitting Bull documentary yesterday. So many more recommendations of docudramas about these white men have appeared in my recommended.

I took Native American history way back in college in the early 80s and I knew some of the story but the documentary covered so much more and made it live in a way just reading about it and hearing a teacher lecture about it did not.

I have felt heavy with sorrow since I finished it yesterday, thinking about all the genocide, the slaughter of the bison, people fighting to retain their ancient way of life and being forced to assimilate. Seeing it in a story form makes it more real and immediate than words on a page do. Even though I knew these things, it still hit hard like it was new.

When I get reply guys being mad when I say the Democrats are as bad as the Republicans, I know they don't know the real history of the US. Just the factory school version that's full of lies about glory and heroism.

The US is built on the blood of millions of non-white people and is evil to its root. It's been an engine of destruction throughout its history; a manifestation of Leviathan in all its deeds.

#USPol #USPolitics #USHistory #Genocide #IndigenousHistory

𝐍𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐤: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 - 𝐂𝐡. 𝟐 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚

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#democracy #readingguide #history #literacy #indigenoushistory #settlercolonialism #americanhistory #wampum #slavery #colonialamerica