The Colonial War Between The Metis And The Scots | Nations At War | Timeline
The battle for North America rages on as the Americans claim a manifest destiny to take the continent. The First Nations of the West were forced to fight for their survival.
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Im 33 and from ontario. My history textbooks in school maybe had a page or 2 at best on metis in the "native" section of the book, so thank you. Knowledge is power
@Last_Chance.
2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome. We strive to educate on subjects both well known and overlooked.
@horseohana
2 жыл бұрын
I am of French and Ojibwa decent out of the Lac Du Flambeau in Wisconsin. My grandmother always said we were the Metis but none of books in school could tell us our history. Looks like we were all overlooked.
@ultracurious
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the NWT, so I was fortunate to learn a little bit more about all First Nations in school than my friends "down south" (translation: Provinces are "south", Territories "North"). But by the time grade 7 or 8 rolled around, I was already wondering why we learned more history about other countries than we did our own. As a parent, I was really sad to see that while our education curriculums seem to be improving, they are still sort of glossing over Canadian history. I hope by the time I have grandchildren in school it will be better.
@stormtrooper74
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. Canadian schools suck. I’m 35 and we not only had entire sections dedicated to First Nations people, we took several field trips to Iroquois historical museums. Public school education in Pennsylvania in the 90’s.
@natashabegley1346
2 жыл бұрын
@@Last_Chance. Nobody was talking to you 😆
My great 7times grand father was one of the two scouts who got away at the battle of the Grand Coteau. My friend Chi Mike Keplin was raised by his grandparents who themselves were raised by their grandparents, who had been present at the battle of Grand Coteau. He was raised on stories of this battle 2nd hand.
me, yelling to the missus: "honey, i wanna be metis now!" "and what about being a kossack?" "that was last week!" "ok, but can you at least use some of your mountain-man gear for it?" i am ofc not metis, but dangit, this was inspiring. much love from across the pond!
@blueshirtman8875
2 жыл бұрын
Very funny,is that British humor?
Fascinating video on the complexity of the time.
Some of my ancestors were among the Selkirk settlers. I hope that modern day Canadians can learn from our past and current conflicts, and create a nation where we can all prosper in peace.
Thank you for this fantastic production! And the narrator is perfect.
Interesting history unknown to me. Thank you so much for sharing.........well done!
You lost me at, “ The natives traveled to reduce the stress on their environment “. Really??? It was all about survival. They followed the heard of buffalo because they had to.
@kmaher1424
2 жыл бұрын
They needed to find more food to survive. Placing stress on the environment works against survival.
@amberpaquette5116
2 жыл бұрын
Plains Nations factually managed their environments much like massive game reserves. Nomadic isn't even the proper term for their subsistence patterns. Semi-migrational would be far more accurate. Even the Blackfoot grew tobacco crops and cultivated said crops, which indicates some level of sedentary livelihood. In the case of the Sioux, prior to contact they have been agriculturalists. After disease and a massive change in cultural ways due to the introduction of the horse, they switched to being "nomadic" and became bison hunters. So yes, they often followed herds because they had to, but they would also manage the environment (slashing and burning, etc) for optimal game output.
@mirriulahwaterdog
2 жыл бұрын
An overly simplistic observation and very ignorant of cultures that didnt exploit the environment to its destruction, unlike those that admire and promote environmental destruction.
@conifergreen2
2 жыл бұрын
@@mirriulahwaterdog It appears that they wiped out the mammoths.
@mirriulahwaterdog
2 жыл бұрын
@@conifergreen2 Yes a debate that has surfaced in Australia where some archaeologists reckon the indigenous people wiped out the mega fauna. However most other archaeologists accept that it is much more complex and intertwined with global environmental changes such as a mini ice-age of the times.
Thank You for this great documentry, didn't know all of this happened in Canada, still learning things at my age, we were not taught this in our American History
@KeyserSoze23
Жыл бұрын
It's taught in Canadian history.
@OnwardsUpwards
Жыл бұрын
@@KeyserSoze23 not really, it’s done province by province. Not in BC or Quebec did I learn it.
Fantastic channel! Thank you!
@Last_Chance.
2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome
I’m a direct descendant of Louis Blondeau, he gave testimony at the semple trial which led to Metis being acknowledged as a distinct nation and charges being dropped. Proud family history.
Thank you so much timeline❤️ you’re videos and constant uploads get me through my workdays
hellos from British Columbia 😋 hope all y’all doing real good. It is important for us to learn about the first nations of canada because not a lot of people talk about it and teachers, they don’t either. i am hoping we can teach all around the world about the first peoples of the lands.
Good show not sure if I would call it a documentary. It had its point and some vague references but over good. I am sure it would take a lifetime of research to get to all the details.
He has such a deep voice :)
@tartvtheafricanrepublic7825
2 жыл бұрын
Glad You Love It. That Is My Voice.
@StanGraham1
2 жыл бұрын
A deep and beautiful voice, full of sincerity and strength! The power in his voice could be well used in other venues!
@feezible
2 жыл бұрын
I thought you were talking about the chap who opened up the video soo you had me for a second.
@tartvtheafricanrepublic7825
2 жыл бұрын
@@StanGraham1 Ty ty
Treat.... been really enjoying nations at war
This series is THE best I have ever come across for approaching the history of the West and its Indigenous Nations in a factual manner. As the great-great-granddaughter of Sàmi man who was driven out of Norway through its program of forced relocation and reeducation. He found a new place with the Selish-speaking tribes of the sacred Flathead Lake region of Montana. I have always felt honored that the wonderful grandmas and aunties of that nation were loving and kind to me in spite of my ancestors. I wish more people knew the truth and the deep suffering European Americans have caused for the priceless Indigenous People. They are the guardians of all that will keep us alive. ❤
I'm a Scot and I love their flag as it is the Scottish Saltire or St Andrew's Cross but turned into a Celtic infinity knot. I've never seen it before, but the Scottish and Celtic influence is immediately obvious to a Scot.
My Great Grandmother was a Metis My Great Grandfather was Scottish. She was a very nice looking young woman!I have photos of my family starting around 1900!
@yonagwy5826
Жыл бұрын
I don't see a lot of that here.
Savages is what they called my ancestors in the history books. This was in the 1990's.
My husband, know deceased, was a Manitoba Metis. My boys qualify for their Metis Card too. He & his family are from the White Horse Tribe, I think . Between Winnipeg & Portage La Prairie. I use to live at the south point of Lake Manitoba, the Metis hamlet was called St. Ambroise. Such a different life compared to city life Oshawa, ON. No problem for me as I camped a lot in my life above ground & we had, I have know the RV we bought back in '83. It's a '67 Trevco, fiberglass with a Dodge 315 motor. Excellent on gas. Anyone want to? Thought I'd ask! It'll never rust.
@jamescameronmcgivern9992
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@GodsHound444
2 жыл бұрын
What are you asking?
@simpleyeteffective5863
Жыл бұрын
You mind travelling south a little fam I've got ends
@normgillespie4201
Жыл бұрын
Brothers ex wife family still beside famous white horse plains statue. St Francis Manitoba
This has to be THE BEST series on the history of the Aboriginal Peoples. No Hollywood BS . Straight forward facts .
I love this series, thank you!
@Last_Chance.
2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome
My great grandfather was a drummer boy at the battle of Batoche and then served in his 40s in WWI. He was gassed in the Somme and my mum said he would scream about gas almost every night telling his troops to put on masks.
14:39 that's my great great great great great grandfather My great uncle just sent me a document in the mail about him as a graduation gift. I remember my mom calling my grandma and my grandma mentioned something about her great great grandfather or uncle being a chief. Just surprising to be related to a historical figure
You are very intelligent.Thank you very much for taking the time .l am not able to order or correspond. I am handicapped. God established your works 🙏 🙌 l will pray for you.
Thank you for another good vid. I hope you have something on the S.E. U.S. tribes
@Last_Chance.
2 жыл бұрын
You very welcome and that is in the works.
Thanks!
@Last_Chance.
2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome and thank you!
@fabolousnature3873
2 жыл бұрын
Very well
Very interesting video thank you 😊from Scotland 👍
Very good stuff. Thanks
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Great series, lots of knowledge.
I read a book from 1940s about this. Great video! Thank you!!
The best channel interesting ever good real information about history world
Very informative
interesting video. Living in the UK this portion of Canadian history is new to me.
Metis and proud French native and Scottish NWT born and raised
I like the Host's voice.
Women were the "unsung" heroes of many an old trade route and its hardships and many a cold, old age of yore.
Thanks, I'll watch this again. I live close to the action described. 100 years later
Métis is pronounced Métisse... unlike Paris. At least that's how 19th century Métis pronounced it. Bonjour du Québec.
I am glad those days are gone. Today we can all live like equals.
Nomadic tribes did not do so because of some innate knowledge, virtue or ideal of sustainability: rather it was far more simple, they were nomadic because their life sustaining resources were migratory. All other tribes that had fixed resources, thus had fixed homes.
@miketaylor5212
2 жыл бұрын
yep they had to follow their food and fuel and shelter buffalo meat buffalo dung and buffalo hides. they could trade any excess of meat or hides to other tribes for things they needed.
@muskwatch
Жыл бұрын
Following migratory animals is only one reason for nomadism. Metis families were often nomadic even outside the buffalo hunt, wintering on the land in different regions different years to let the area recover, as well as working different locations in the summer. At least some of this was rooted in a concrete knowledge of sustainability, and similar structures existed in all First Nations groups I've had the chance to study in depth, with areas used often in cycles, same with fishing.
I love this channel. I love history ❤️
@andrewchristensen6295
2 жыл бұрын
I do as well..
@ChubbyTeletubby
2 жыл бұрын
And I We all love history! Yay 😍!🥂😁
@Last_Chance.
2 жыл бұрын
We're glad you enjoyed it
Can you tell the history of the Navajo story?
@ChubbyTeletubby
2 жыл бұрын
So many native nations. So many fascinating and unfortunately lost stories and oral traditions Navajo definitely among them
Yellowboy at 15:59. At least 20 years to soon. But anyway this is a great documentary. Living in Denmark, Europe for my whole life, this is very interesting to watch.
The Metis fort near Towner is Fort Wilkie that was destroyed, the Dakota Village that was attacked was really a trader camp of the Deloria's that had married into the Lakota Blackfoot Sioux. The Yellowhawk family have this in their oral history as that is where they found Julia (WasicuWin) Deloria 1822-1917 BIRTH 1822 • Territory Dakota, USA DEATH ABOUT 1917 • Armstrong County, South Dakota. The war was really a fight between traders.
It would make my day to hear Native Americans talking about a buffalo scran or having Clootie dumpling. Now I’m hungry.
My great-great grandfather was Pierre Sauvé, brother to Charles who went to claim Louis Riel's body. Pierre was married to Gabriel Dumont's adopted daughter (a cousin's niece) and I have always wondered what events transpired, and how my grandpa's grandpa Alex and his brother Joseph ended up at Carlisle Indian School. Alex returned to Manitoba and married the granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Lagimodière and Marie Gaboury, and 1st cousin to Louis Riel. But somehow we ended up completely stripped of this history with shame. My grandpa's aunt on his mom's side told me that my grandpa's aunts and uncles never talked about their origins to avoid discrimination. I think the only thing that survived was hamburger soup, which we called goulash, and barley soup. Anyway, all of this to say that I wish I knew the story of why went our way, as Gabriel Dumont traveled with the Buffalo Bill Show. The dynamics of this family breakup would be so interesting to explore. And I really wish I had a chance to connect with the culture was younger, but my migratory, nature-loving life make a ton of sense in hindsight, and I feel very Métis at heart.
Good video
The battles we are facing will make us strong.people let us study history. Our past will define our 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 present.
The Battle of Seven Oaks was in 1816 not 1718.
@abdullahozek8016
2 жыл бұрын
I know the Seven Oaks from London , England
Battle of Seven Oaks was 1816, not 1718.
My step son was taking general education courses to complete his high school diploma. I looked over his shoulder and this general education book had reduced WW2 to 2 paragraphs. Can't be a proud citizen if they're hiding the history, both good and bad, of your country. Can't learn from the mistakes that were made so as not to repeat them. That shows major dumbing down of the next generations of citizens. Very sad.
Shouldn't "Black Jacket" be driving a neighborhood ice cream truck, selling Eskimo Creme Pies to children?
14:38 I thought he played the piano on that political show :)
Ojibwe- Metis here. It's true. We loved bullying the Sioux lolz.
Braw. Thanx
I visited Kamloops this summer. What an amazing place and surrounding area. What a homeland to have. I can only but imagine how beautiful the area was in the times before Europeans arrived. Not hating btw. Time marches on and brings with it irreparable change. But still.. before the modern era, the land of the Secwepmc, must have been an amazing place. I am interested in what form their ancient warfare with their neighbours took. Did they fight pitched battles, or was it more like raiding and ambushing each other during vulnerable moments? Or a little of both? Anybody who knows, please tell me! I’m interested in that.
Amazing episode. You can't understand Canadian history without understanding the history indigenous nations. These nations were, and I would argue should still be, the governing and legislative states that made up Canada.
@pwx13
2 жыл бұрын
To be fair didn't they take land from previous tribes. People have been fighting each other for land and stealing each others lands for thousands of years. Let's not just be anti European
@sarad6627
2 жыл бұрын
@@pwx13 Two wrongs don't make a right.
@pwx13
2 жыл бұрын
@@sarad6627 war is war, we don't always have the entire story as much as I love these documentaries, maybe they were threatening to the Europeans that came in. There are stories of native raids. I am just saying let's not be ethnocentric and try to look at every angle. ( by the way I am not putting over Europeans by the way as there are plenty of evil people within their ranks )
@sarad6627
2 жыл бұрын
@@pwx13 I didn't say that. One war in the past doesn't justify all future wars.
@AnyoneCanSee
2 жыл бұрын
So people born in Canada shouldn't get to vote because they are white? Interesting if incredible racist viewpoint. There are 100 million non-whites in Europe, should we take their votes from them or keep them as citizens with equal rights? Just asking as you are the one that believes in racial supremacy when it comes to land rights. I believe you should read Hitler's Mein Kampf as he lays out views exactly like yours. The land belongs to people based on race and you should move or kill those that are not part of the correct race for that land. That's what you just said should happen. Wrong race, no rights you said. Alternatively, we could stick with giving citizens the right to vote equally regardless of race as we do now. What do you think? Because unlike you I'd argue that if you are born in Canada you have just as much right to be there as someone whose ancestors arrived there before yours did. I think the same thing about black people in the UK. Because I'm not a racist like you.
I am Métis from Manitoba, decendant of cuthbert grant
THANK YOU FROM Germany Europe
Who is the narrator? I like his voice.
@jj44880
2 жыл бұрын
David Lyle is his name. Actor from Vancouver, Canada.
These people moved to hunt and gather, not environment reason I believe
Let's go watching amanzing channel congratulation
Like 61 because as Always Watch the Perfect Videos,Good News Big Thank's for Your Effortts From Your Friend on YTube
@Last_Chance.
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome
Went to school with Cree and Metis. Later worked in Northern Manitoba reserves. Have had many opinions, always interested in Indians, worked for Manitoba Hydro. Saw hydro electric dams wipe out old towns/settlements. Kind of tragic. Booze/drugs, Am not a bleeding heart. Know a few guys/girls who made it out.
Yet Metis were still seen as higher then Inuits who in that matter were seen as above First Nations even today First Nations are at the very bottom of the racial hierarchy within Canada yeah.
Grant is a Scottish name.
Oh I love this show lol
My Ancestors ❤
That little blurb, at the end of this excellent example of our shared history about her feelings about 150 Mile. M y Father acquired some 10 +1/2 acres up around Canim Lake, in the '70's I was always aware that I was having fun on stolen ground, living on borrowed time and if I saw somebodies thumb stock out, day or night, I would be sure to pick'm up.We share a heritage. There lies the true meaning of reconciliation. Sure, it's easy for me to say since I'm of the so-called Victorious Ones but at what cost did we achieve this ? Revenge does not lead to reconciliation, only to more hurt.
Some meti took to the sea and became pirates, hence the expression; yaaar matey!
@shogunshogun
2 жыл бұрын
lol
@salyluz6535
2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha! You might enjoy the First Nations humour of The 1491s.
God bless all those who were minding their business just living life and were subject to violence, killed, raped, tortured, enslaved, diseased, imprisoned, ostracized, stolen from and mischaracterized. Amen
@davidmackinnon2968
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they did that to each other add stealing children and keeping them.
@hmvollbanane1259
2 жыл бұрын
So no human population that ever existed
Another part of our history of this country that wasn't discussed or taught in any of my history classes Until we as a whole acknowledge,accept & teach/share/speak the truth we will not cannot move on grow adapt evolve as TRUE human beings of This GREAT USA Amazing doc Thank you for this & other documentaries you've done Peace love and light to all
My 5thGG was Cuthbert Grant.
25:25 5k years ago? Soo 3000 b.c? Woah.
Had to replay the opening a few times. How he pronounced "Pembina" really threw me off.
I didn't know my Metis heritage was so rich!!!! Natives still hate us Metis to this day
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My mother's Grandmother always considered herself to be Ojibwa and French now I'm wondering
You left out Louis Riel? There is even a holiday in Manitoba where the Red and Assiniboine Rivers meet.
@Last_Chance.
2 жыл бұрын
We're sorry we didn't meet your expectations. We'll try harder next time.
@dawnknox4640
2 жыл бұрын
@@Last_Chance. I still enjoyed it & love your channel.
@amberpaquette5116
2 жыл бұрын
This was in Louis Riel's grandfathers time. He had not been born yet.
7:09 narrator says 1718. This is off by 100 years. 1818 is correct
Why would you spend 2 days to kill one man?
Why are there still ice caps ?
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Great that such an early precursor of s & g's bridge over troubled waters existed such a long time ago.i was searching for a book called absolute beginners and can't think of anything else it was called. it was about a naive youth very like me when I was a teenager who falls in love with an older girl and meanwhile has innocent fun with his school friends..
This documentary has many wrong dates.
from reading the comments , I think we need to look at the truth. oftentimes scottish culture, more specifically highland culture is often highly romanticized. displaying the gaels of the highlands as some sort of freedom fighters. while it is true that they fought they english. while scottish history would show that the Scots ( both lowland and highland) were capable of great brutality. so why does it appear from many of the commenters that there is some surprise that the Scots were brutal in the new world.
The narrator of this looks just like the Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte.
Just 6 years after that major battle in 1857 Sheffield fc were created ,the world's first soccer team Sheffield England 🏴 just saying ⚽
what happend to Louis Riel?
@amberpaquette5116
2 жыл бұрын
This is a bit before Riel's time, this was in the time of his grandfather.
The narrator sounds like Nazir - from the Dark Brotherhood.
@isabeldunn4010
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
A lot of Scots Orkney Islanders had native wives but returned with children from the unions to Scotland !
@xtramail4909
5 ай бұрын
I think they might have some native ancestry from the Viking era. More so in Iceland
Bound to true indigenous peoples heritage by genetics 🧬 ✊
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The flag is the same as FB new logo.
Buffalo leather was European wars for a half a century
Organized and disciplined l must be clothed with The whole Armour of God.
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