Iroquois History and Legends
By Andrew Cotter and Caleb Cotter
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Description
The Iroquois Confederacy. An Indigenous North American civilization with equal rights and representative government that left Europeans in bewilderment. Their influence affected the American free spirit and the modern day woman's rights movement. This show covers the culture, histories and legends of the Haudenosaunee. The People of the Longhouse.
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Clean54 The War of 1812 | Part 2 | Queenston Heights | In the fall of 1812 thousands of American forces gathered on the Niagara River to attack Upper Canada. But 80 Members of the Six Nations of Grand River made sure that the invaders didn't get very far. | 12/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean53 The War of 1812 | Part 1 | Tecumseh & John Norton | In this episode we give the background on how the native peoples of the American Continent dealt with the Euro-Americans during the first decade of the 19th Century. New leaders will rise. John Norton, a Scottish-Cherokee who became a... | 10/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHaudenosaunee Thanksgiving | There is no Thanksgiving Day in Haudenosaunee society. Instead it is a lifestyle that needs to be put into practice on a daily basis. In this short supplemental we cover a traditional Mohawk prayer of Thanksgiving that is recited at... | 10/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanL07 The Battle of Taughannock Falls | During a Delaware invasion into Cayuga territory, the area peoples rally to defeat a foe bent on revenge. The battle will culminate at the edge of the highest waterfall on this side of the continent. Sources: Retold, based on the account by Rev.... | 8/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean52 Handsome Lake | In 1799 a Seneca man lay on his death bed. But remarkably he recovered very quickly. Then he began sharing with others that he thought that the Great Spirit had visited him. For the rest of his life Handsome Lake would begin a religious... | 7/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean51 Cornplanter | This time we will be doing a short biography on the life of Cornplanter the Seneca General. He went from feared enemy of the United States to a powerful diplomat working with President Washington to ensure peace and friendship between their two... | 7/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean50 The Life of Red Jacket Part II | After the Treaty of Big Tree Red Jacket takes a very anti-Christian and anti-American world view. His later life is marked by triumphs in defending his nation and personal tragedy. In his final years his views on Christianity begin to... | 6/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean49 The Life of Red Jacket Part I | Otetiani, also called Sagoyewatha was born into the Wolf Clan in the Seneca Nation around 1750. His remarkable 80 years was filled with on goal. To always advocate on behalf of his people. This is part one in a two part series.... | 6/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean48 Canandaigua | The 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua is one of the most important treaties in the history of the Haudenosaunee. It guarantees the rights of sovereignty for the Six Nations, while at the same time making huge land concessions. It is a treaty that... | 5/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBonus: The Wannabe Indian Tribe | On this very special first day of the April month Learn about three famous members of the Wannabe Indian Tribe. | 3/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean47 The Northwest Indian War 1785-1795 | Following the American Revolution dozens of Indigenous Nations are left to fend for themselves as British support evaporated. But from 1791 to 1792 the Ohio peoples would win battle after battle and not just win in those conflicts but wipeout... | 3/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean46 Simon Girty the White Savage | Simon Girty was a man larger than life. To Americans he was a vile traitor who killed the innocent with his savage friends. To the British he was a rough drunk but a useful tool. To the Iroquois and other Ohio Nations he was a prodigal son... | 3/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean45 The Blood of the Innocent | The 1782 Gnadenhutten Moravian Massacre | 2/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanL06 Turtle Goes to War / Weasel and Owl | After numerous requests we are back with two more Haudenosaunee animal tales. In the first Turtle leads a war party of misfit animals against Huk-sah, the Jungie. In the second Brown Owl and Weasel are featured in a dark story of revenge... | 2/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean44 The American Revolution IX: The Finals Years | Joseph Brant, Colonel Louis Cook, Walter Butler and Simon Girty deal with the horrors of war and the devastation of the Great Lakes region. Sources: Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution by Joseph T. Glatthaar... | 2/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean43 The American Revolution VIII: The Sullivan Expedition | General Washington gave command to John Sullivan in 1779 to outfit and lead an expedition into the Seneca-Cayuga homeland. It will be a scorched earth campaign that will leave almost the entire population of both the Seneca and Cayuga Nations... | 1/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean42 The American Revolution VII: Drums Along the Mohawk | Spies are everywhere in 1778 on both sides of the conflict. Joseph Brant leads Iroquois forces against Patriot settlements throughout Upstate New York. Conversely American and Oneida soldiers launch counter attacks against Brant's... | 12/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean41 The American Revolution VI: Valley Forge | Forty-one members of the Oneida Nation traveled to Valley Forge, PA in the Spring of 1778. General George Washington greeted each individual in person and warmly. The warriors went on to assist the Marquis de Lafayette at the Battle of Barren Hill and.. | 11/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean40 The American Revolution V: Saratoga | Following the American-Oneida victory at Fort Stanwix rifts grow deeper within the Six Nations. Over three-hundred members of the Haudenosaunee gather at Albany for a Conference. Just as it finishes however word arrives that Burgoyne's... | 11/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean39 The American Revolution IV: Fort Stanwix and Oriskany | British General Barry St. Ledger begins the siege of Fort Stanwix August 3, 1777. American General Herkimer is on his way to help. Joining him are a group of Oneida led by Two-Kettles-Together (Tyonajanegen) and her husband Han Yerry... | 10/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean38 The American Revolution III: Ticonderoga | General John Burgoyne and Barry St. Ledger prepare to invade modern New York State from two different directions in 1777. Burgoyne will attack Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain while St. Ledger and Joseph Brant strike the Americans at Fort... | 10/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean37 The American Revolution II: Choosing Sides | With War in North America again imminent how will this Six Nations decide which side to take. This week we look at Akiatonharonkwen (Joseph Lewis Cook), Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) and Guyasuta and how they dealt with the gathering... | 10/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean36 The American Revolution I: Founding Grandfathers | We begin our series on the American Revolution. We discuss some of the influences the Six Nations had on the Founding Fathers were leading up to 1776. Also we say goodbye to Sir William Johnson and see the rise of two Mohawk siblings known... | 9/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean35 Logan the Orator | Who is there to mourn for Logan? Not one. Logan of the Mingo was known as a kind and friendly man to all people both red and white in the Ohio Country. Then in 1774 his entire family was killed in cold blood. The aftermath would be what is known... | 8/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean34 Benjamin Franklin Laments | In December 1763 a group of miscreants known as "The Paxton Boys" led raids into Lancaster County. They murdered and mutilated an entire community of Iroquois Conestoga people. Men, women and children. A month later after the facts... | 8/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean33 Guyasuta and Pontiac's War | With the Seven Years War winding down. Jeffery Amherst the British Commander-in-Chief of North America has to reduce spending drastically. One of the things he cuts to almost zero is the budget for allied Native Nations. Also... | 8/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBONUS - The Last of the Mohicans - Film Review with Steve Guerra | Today we have a very special extended episode. The first of its kind we have Steve Guerra from Beyond the Big Screen Podcast and The History of the Papacy Podcast. We join him in discussing the 1992 film "The Last of the Mohicans". We... | 7/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanL05 Skunny-Wundy and the Stone Giant | We are back with three stories that Haudenosaunee people tell. The first one is a short story on where stories come from. Then we have a tale about Bear and Buffalo. Finally we have Skunny-Wundy. A person who just can't help... | 7/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean32 The French and Indian War VII: The Fall of New France | The Plains of Abraham and the end of the Seven Years War | 6/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean31 The French and Indian War VI: Fort Niagara, Falls | Almost the entire fighting force of the Iroquois Confederacy will join the British as they try to take the keystone fort of the Great Lakes, Fort Niagara. Sources: IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER BY TIMOTHY J. SHANNON THE WAR THAT... | 5/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean30 The French and Indian War V: Turning Point | The British are slaughtered at Ticonderoga and George Washington finally takes back the Ohio Country | 5/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean29 The French and Indian War IV: Fort William Henry | The Fall of Fort Oswego and Fort William Henry | 4/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean28 The French and Indian War III: Mohawks and Tomahawks | Braddock was defeated in Western Pennsylvania in 1755. The same time that he was bleeding out, two other armies were making their way through Iroquois territory towards French forts. Will they do any better? This week we cover how... | 4/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean27 The French and Indian War II: Braddock's Defeat | General Edward Braddock launches an invasion into the Ohio Country. He only is able to find 8 Mingo-Iroquois to join him. | 4/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean26 The French and Indian War I: George Washington and the Half-King | The Year is 1753 and the French, English, and the Mingo Iroquois are about to light a powder keg that will turn into a world war. A 21 year old soldier sets out to deliver a message with an Iroquois Viceroy to a French Fort. Sources: THE WAR... | 4/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean25 Haudenosaunee Diplomacy | From 1701 to 1753 the Haudenosaunee used Diplomacy to strengthen and expand their Confederacy by holding trade and alliance councils with New France other North American tribes and many of the English Colonies. Sources: IROQUOIS... | 3/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean24 The Tuscarora War II | After the invasion by Col. Barnwell from South Carolina in 1712. The Lower Tuscarora have to deal with another colonial force in 1713. A show down at Fort Neoheroka will be one of the bloodiest massacres in American History. Sources:... | 2/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean23 The Tuscarora War Part I | On September 21, 1711 five-hundred Tuscarora and other Native American warriors strike against farms and homes in North Carolina. The conflict that ensues will be one of the deadliest in the history of Colonial America. Sources: IROQUOIS... | 2/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean22 Meet the Tuscarora | For over a thousand years the Tuscarora lived in Central North Carolina. This week we cover how they arrived there, their culture and the political situations in 1710. We are proud to introduce the Sixth Nation. Sources: THE TUSCARORA WAR... | 1/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean21 Four Indian Kings | Queen Anne meets Four Native American "Kings" | 1/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean20 War and Peace | Frontenac Returns and Battles the English, Mohawk, Onondaga, and Oneida. | 1/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean19 The War of the French and the Seneca | In 1687 Governor Denonville of New France invaded the Seneca Nation | 12/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanL04 Old Man Winter and the Frost Demons / Owl and Rabbit | Seneca and Onondaga Nation Stories | 12/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean18 Native American Technology | This episode covers how Northeastern Native American Peoples used innovative technology in their everyday lives. We cover longhouses, palisades, canoes, pitch, tanning, snowshoes, trail markers, beds and much more. As well as... baby... | 11/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean17 Bacon's Rebellion | In 1675 an argument about lack of payment between a colonist and the Doeg Indians sets a series of events in motion that launches Bacon's Rebellion. In the aftermath the Five Nations will fill the power vacuum and become a great power in the... | 11/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean16 New Sweden | How on earth did the Swedes end up in North America? This episode covers the complex diplomacy involving New Sweden, the English colonies, New Netherlands, the Susquehannock, the Lenape and the Five Nations. Sources: THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA... | 10/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean15 Frozen Frenchmen & Fiery Fields | The French plan to deal with the Mohawk once and for all. | 10/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean14 The Canadian Alamo | In 1660 the Iroquois and French meet at the Battle of Long Sault | 10/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean13 The French Connections | While the Haudenosaunee prepare armies to invade the Erie homeland they make sure that the French will not be a problem while they are away. | 9/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean12 The Romans of the New World | The dwindling number of beavers in New York along with raids from other nations forces the Iroquois into wars in the West. Soon the Wenro, Neutrals and the Erie will just be footnotes in the history books. IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY... | 9/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanL03 Wood Duck and Pigeon | In this show we talk about the Lake Champlain monster and also two Iroquois stories. "Why Wood Duck Has Red Eyes" and "Why an Indian Never Shoots a Pigeon". Sources: Reworked and based on traditional Seneca Nation stories. SKUNNY... | 9/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean11 Black Robes | Meet the Jesuits | 8/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean10 Dutch Blitz | New Netherlands meets Iroqouis | 7/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanL02 Bare Hill and Other Legends | Seneca Indian Tales | 7/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean09 Samuel de Champlain | In 1609 a Mohawk war party is utterly routed. The reason? Guns. Samuel de Champlain the Father of New France accompanied his new Huron allies on a raid into the land of the Iroquois. Indian warfare was about to drastically change. In all... | 6/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean08 Mourning Wars | You Will Be Assimilated | 5/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanL01 Turtle's Race with Beaver / How Bear Lost His Tail | To the Haudenosaunee stories are a vital part of their culture. In this show we will share two of them. Turtle's Race with Beaver and How Bear Lost His Tail. Sources - Inspired by Traditional Seneca stories as told in SKUNNY... | 5/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean07 The Dawn of Doomsday - Jacques Cartier | First Contact | 5/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean06 Won't You Be My Neighbor - Native American Edition | The Six Nations were not alone on the continent. There were many other nationalities that inhabited the north eastern woodlands. This week we will talk about where the Huron, Erie, Neutrals, Susquehannock, Mahican, Delaware and other nations... | 4/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean05 Hunting and Fishing | Pastimes that people do on the weekends was a way of life for the people of the Eastern Woodlands. Learn about the animals that were vital to the way of life in all Iroquoia. Today we will talk about deer drives, fishing, beaver trapping and... | 3/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean04 The Three Sisters | The Three Sisters are Corn, Beans and Squash. Not only are they well balanced varieties of vegetables they also work together in symbiosis. We discuss agriculture, food gathering and storage. Sources- Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other... | 3/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean03 Family Matters | The Six Nations are further broken down into clans. Clans are represented by certain animals. The purpose is not to divide a nation but in fact to bring about unity and help in times of mourning. Join us as we learn how clans were a... | 3/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean02 The First American Constitution | We explore the mechanics of the Iroquois Councils. A system of protocols, title offices and a separation of powers that has been followed for centuries. Sources- Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World (The Iroquois and Their... | 2/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean01 The Peacemaker | The Five Nations of the Iroquois were locked in centuries of war, revenge killings, hate and cannibalism. Then a mysterious Huron man appeared on a quest to unite the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca peoples together under the Great... | 2/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean00 An Introduction | An Introduction to the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee - Also known as the Iroquois Indians | 2/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Wonderful new podcast
The first episode of Iroquois History and Legends was just so good. You would think these guys had been doing the show for years. These guys really know how to set a scene and tell a story. I can't wait to see where this show goes next.
love it!
I have become hugely interested in the Iroquois Nation ever since I started learning about early American history. Although not historians, anthropologists, or archaeologists...Caleb and Andrew (?) do a fantastic job of delivering a very thorugh history. In fact, I have learned more about the Iroquois from this podcast than anywhere else. I also love the fact that they seem to "improv or freestyle" as opposed to "reading".
And now for something completely different!
A podcast about the history and culture of the Iroquois. Because there is plenty of information about the culture of the people, this is not always a linear history and is a good thing. The two topics are always linked anyway. These two brothers alternate telling the story to us and using each other to keep the narrative fresh. Told with obvious affection and also a critical eye, it is a well balanced podcast and worth your (yes, YOU) time. Warning: some gentle humor present. Not exactly a worn and worked over mainstrean topic, but who really needed another Roman podcast anyway?
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