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The Nations of Canada

A narrative history of Canada from its first inhabitants to the present day.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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Episode 36: The Remnants of This Ruined Nation

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2021/05/05

1649-1650After 200 years, the Wendat Confederacy suddenly collapses, upending the geo-political landscape of the Great Lakes region

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36:03

Episode 35: Bitter Resignation

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2021/04/28

1647-8When peace talks break down, Iroquois warriors strike into the heart of Huronia, threatening the very existence of the Laurentian coalition.

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32:55

Episode 34: Fractured Communities

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2021/04/21

1644-1646In the face of a common Iroquois military threat, both New France and the Wendat Confederacy undergo dramatic social and political change.

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40:14

Episode 33: This Country is But One Scene of Massacre

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2021/04/14

1644-1646With Iroquois warriors closing off the fur trade, governor Montmagny is forced to contemplate abandoning his indigenous allies.

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32:49

Episode 32: Kinship of the Flesh

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2021/04/07

1640-1643Devastated by war and disease, Algonquins on the Ottawa and St. Lawrence attempt to construct a new community by re-shaping European religion for the Canadian context.

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35:21

Episode 31: Ste Marie Among the Hurons

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2021/03/31

1637-8The Jesuits construct their own mission settlement within the Wendat Confederacy, re-shaping the social and political landscape of Huronia.

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33:45

Episode 30: Mourning War

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2021/03/24

1637Fueled by the destructive force of European diseases, the geo-political stability of the Great Lakes region breaks down, opening a period of sustained warfare.

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Episode 29: Pestilence and Witchcraft

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2021/03/17

1637Multiple waves of European infectious diseases sweep through the Great Lakes region, radically altering the societies there.

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33:35

Episode 28: Soldiers of God

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2021/03/10

1634In re-establishing a mission within the Wendat Confederacy, the Jesuits find themselves at the centre of a complex diplomatic network.

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34:44

Episode 27: A New New France

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2021/03/03

1633-5The French reclaim Quebec, and Richelieu gets a clean slate to implement his vision of New France as far more than just a fur market.

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38:39

Episode 26: The First Conquest of Quebec

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2021/02/24

1627-1632When war breaks out in Europe, English and Scottish entrepreneurs see an opportunity in a suddenly vulnerable French Canada.

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33:41

Episode 25: The Canadian Theatre

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2021/02/17

1627War in Europe casts the presence of the English and Scottish in Atlantic Canada in a new light.

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44:19

Episode 24: Birth of an Empire

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2021/02/10

1624New leadership in France once again re-invents Canada as an imperial project, with missionaries among the Wendat Confederacy acting as the agents of a trans-Atlantic empire.

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34:46

Episode 23: Rivals

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2021/02/03

1613-1624A rival Indigenous/European alliance emerges to the south of the St. Lawrence, and threatens to divert the inland fur trade away from New France.

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38:40

Episode 22: Profit, Glory, and Honour

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2021/01/27

1616-1622After almost 20 years of turmoil, Champlain's project finally achieves a degree of stability in both Canada and France.

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37:15

Episode 21: The Wendat World

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2021/01/20

1616-1620As the St. Lawrence fur trade (and interactions with the French) become common features of Wendat life, the Confederacy adapts itself to new economic, cultural, and social realities.

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46:50

Episode 20: Mutual Misunderstandings

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2021/01/13

1615-1616Champlain spends a year among the Wendat, and comes to realize that he still has a lot to learn about indigenous politics and diplomacy.

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37:03

Episode 19: Jesuit Acadia

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2021/01/06

1610-1613An uneasy partnership between settlers and missionaries attempts to revive France's colonial presence in Acadia.

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41:33

Episode 18: Lies on the Ottawa

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2020/12/30

1612-1613Champlain finally gets to see what lies beyond the great rapids. But up the Ottawa River, he finds that he doesn't know who he can trust.

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49:30

Episode 17: Hudson's Passage 2.0

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2020/12/23

1610-1611After discovering a possible access point to the St. Lawrence trade network from the south, Henry Hudson searches for a way in from the north.

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