Episode 27
28:06

The Beaver Wars Heat Up

Published February 19, 2026

The epidemics have ravaged both the Wendat and the Haudenosaunee but they are still competing in trade with the Europeans to get a hold of coveted goods. This l...

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The epidemics have ravaged both the Wendat and the Haudenosaunee but they are still competing in trade with the Europeans to get a hold of coveted goods. This leads to increasing violence and changes in warfare practices.

Sources

The Children of Aateantsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660 by Bruce Trigger

Dispersed But Not Destroyed by Kathryn Magee Labelle

The Ambiguous Indigenous Empire but Francis Jennings

Natives and Newcomers: Canada's Heroic Age Reconsidered by Bruce Trigger

Blackhawk, Ned. “The Destruction of Wendake (Huronia), 1647–1652.” In The Cambridge World History of Genocide, edited by Ned Blackhawk, Ben Kiernan, Benjamin Madley, and Rebe Taylor, 243–266. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Blick, Jeffrey P. “The Iroquois practice of genocidal warfare (1534–1787).” Journal of Genocide Research3, no. 3 (2001): 405–429.

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Episode Info
Episode
27
Duration
28:06
Published
February 19, 2026