One of the most important Indigenous leaders on the Pacific Northwest Coast during the late-1700s was without a doubt, Maquinna. It is not known when Maquinna was born, but it is believed to have been in the 1760s. He would become a powerful chief...
Sitting Bull is arguably one of the most famous Indigenous individuals to ever live. Born in 1831, he would become the leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota people, also known as the Sioux, leading his people during the years of resistance against the...
It was one of the most infectious and feared diseases in human history. The disease dates back thousands of years with evidence of it showing in Egyptian mummies. Hundreds of millions of people died from the disease, including an estimated 500...
When Europeans arrived in the 1500s, it began to have an immense impact on the Indigenous cultures in what would one day be Canada. Beginning on the east coast and moving west over the century, cultures would see significant change as Europeans...
One of the most important Indigenous individuals of the past 500 years was a young woman who only lived until her late-20s but who would preserve the culture and stories of her people as their last representative. Her name was Shanawdithit and her...
The Indigenous people who lived in the future Atlantic Provinces were the first to deal with the changing world of European arrival. A century or more before those changes reached the people of the prairies, the Mi’kmaq, Abenaki, Maliseet, and...
Among Inuit in the last half of the 20th century, few had as big of an impact on the day-to-day lives of the Inuit than a man by the name of Abraham Okpik. An activist, he would spend his life working for the people of the north, giving them a voice...
Today on the show I am looking at one of the most important Indigenous individuals during the 18th century of Canada, Mikak. She is known for ensuring friendly relations between Europeans and the Indigenous of Labrador and is one of the first Inuit...
