Mystery of the Shaking Tent: Secret of the Medicine Men
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- Mystery of the Shaking Tent
From the Blackfoot of the prairies to the Iroquois of the St. Lawrence Valley, First Nations all across Canada attempted to commune with spirits through a strange ritual involving a structure known as the Shaking Tent.
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:03:28 - Samuel de Champlain’s Account
0:06:47 - Father Paul le Jeune’s Account
0:12:50 - Alexander Henry the Elder’s Account
0:21:19 - Paul Kane’s Account
0:29:30 - Bishop Mountain’s Account
0:32:24 - Johan Kohl’s Account
0:36:22 - Sir Cecil Denny’s Account
0:43:38 - A.G. Black’s Account
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I know many medicine men of the Ojibwe. They still practice shaking tents today. In fact, the old ways are making a resurgence over the past 20 years. Sun dances, warrior dances, ghost dances, sweat lodges, shaking tents, and all of those traditional beliefs are very popular amongst the first nations peoples again.
always were around most of us did them in private .We had too.
alot of them have been perverted by the New age philosophy unfortunately.
Hmm where could one find them tho
My dad was sick in the 50’s, as my grandparents were very poor and as we’re Ojibwa my grandfather got a shaman to see my father. They said that the tent sounded like thunder as the shaman did his medicine. The shaman emerged and said my father would live and he foresaw that he would live and in the future would become deathly sick again but would live a long but hard life. The sickness the shaman foresaw was TB, of which he lost a lung. The catholic priest read him his rights as he would surely die. It’s may of 2021 and that shaman was right as I talked to that tough anishnabe just today. 👊🏾
@@saltpeter7429 there’s quite a few whites that were raised by natives here as well. I hope your dad’s feeling better. Yes, we’re all just renting here. Gotta try and make the most of it. Have a great day sir. 👊🏾
Glad to hear it. Could you explain what an anishnabe is? Thanks and stay blessed.
@@WK-47 Ojibwa Indian, it’s what we call ourselves in our own language
That's awesome! My mother took my oldest brother to the medicine man. He was suffering as a child with Epilepsy. He cured him. My oldest brother has had a few drug induced seizures since trying to commit suicide by overdosing on Heroine. He didn't heed the gift of life and will have to be reincarnated until he attains a higher spiritual understanding. I want to just to live a million lives. I want to see and experience the lives of all people's around the world!
I love that most of the Native tribes believed that, “laughter facilitated communion with the Divine,” so they needed tricksters in their religious stories! Awesome!
Some of us still believe.
Tricksters mostly deflated the egos of Man by sabotaging their plans of greatness.
its not *religion* its a way of life !
We have tricksters in our stories because these animals are tricksters in real life. The blue jay, the fox, the rabbit they are all tricksters in life
That is nice.. no boring ceremonies in a spooky church.. I would rather laugh with tricksters in the woods.. 😊
This channel is a treasure
If you like this channel you may enjoy Bob Gymlans channel as well. The topics covered are similar. Cheers
@@decimalexercise7154 You're right about that bro. I'm a big fan of Bob Gymlans channel and work. That man is truly talented.
Really, I'll have to check it out! Had no idea Bob had a channel
Amen
Shaking tent ceremony is some serious stuff. I have been apart of unipi ceremonies which are similar and that stuff is all 100% real. I don’t play with that stuff.
Did you mean yuwipi ceremonies?
Another astounding tale about both Canada and the First Nations who inhabited these lands long before the French. Your work is anthropology and ethnography that anybody can enjoy. Well done, Mr. Peters!
The ojibwe still practice this ceremony today. This is a 100 percent real thing where they talk to the good spirits.
Nobody ever said that this practice is a myth, lol, Champlain said that it's not spirits that are shaking the tent though.
@@zbelair7218 yeah.. his medicine must have been weak. I believe in the ritualism of the ceremony though. Way too much credence from a whole lot of people for it to be a total sham. The curse put on the American presidents can not be ignored neither. Spirits do exist it's just that everyone can't see them and definitely can't commune with them.
"Good spirits"
@@tyrlant2189 makes one wonder doesn't it?
Some spirits can be trickster's and one had better know his medicine well and also who's he in contact with.
Yes you are absolutely correct, because I've attended several of them and it is quite an experience
Hard to find the words to relate how this feels having witnessed small spirit like lights close up myself on just one occasion. The connection to light and sound waves goes all the way to our ancestors, somehow. Thank you for a new insight and great old book reading suggestions.
You did?! Was it scary? I'd love to hear what happened if you'd like to share? 💕
@@bludaizee24 I was more amazed than scared. It definitely felt like they were intelligent and checking me out. The lights got within 10 yards but then took off like a laser.
There is definitely spirits that exists but everyone can't see or commune with them. I've seen one once by myself and I still think about the experience almost daily.
I had heard of the shaking tents from some dear friendships I made while traveling the u.s.a. in 1988 native Americans who as scientists who specialised in preserving native history very interesting and amazing no matter what modern men say ,regardless thier is great supernatural powers in the shaking tents personally witnessed so I can tell you from personal experience this is a very convincing and very scary real, thing always respect the old ways cheers phillip from Australia
Great comment mate. It’s always nice to see people having appreciation for indigenous people and cultures.
@@oopsydaizi3s824 g'day mate yeah I'm actually of Australian aboriginal heritage so the old ways are always very interesting to me thanks for the reply cheers from Australia
Thanks I appreciate these stories and their authenticity , wasn’t it Leonard Peltier who said “you know there’s a million stories to tell “ and I’m sure many more of native Americans THANKYOU for bringing some of these to light!
It was indeed. In a prose called Sacrifice.
Thank you for this... as a Canadian I really appreciate this knowledge. I'm currently researching folklore and legends of The Azores Islands (Portuguese).
Fascinating! What have you found so far?
Holy smokes this is AMAZING!!!!
Uwipi ceremonies are similar to this but involves the medicine man being wrapped tightly in a robe or blanket and all participants going through purification rituals. It is practiced by some of my people but can be very dangerous if one does not prepare properly. I know some who have participated in this ceremony and been told of the weird things that happen involving lights, disembodied voices, and oddly pebbles. I won't mess with this because like I said, if not prepared properly, things can go very wrong.
Just one correction. The shaking tent ceremony IS still done today. Im Mohawk. In the mid 1990's some Ojibway people came to visit us. They showed us the ceremony and we were satisfied it was genuine.
@scrambo mills I was too young. I waited outside.
You had me at 'pagan cannibals'.
Since I found your channel I have become fascinated with the legends and folklore of the Canadian first nations people. Truly amazing!
Southen piegan here. Aka blackfeet .Pretty good. I like it when someone actually researches a topic. Reminds me of the ghost dance or healing ceremonies. The boarding schools did quite a job eradicating the native culture . thumbs up.
My father is MicMac. I have no desire to live in the stone age , indulge in intertribal warfare or be a victim of the black arts.
@@theodoremartin6153 your culture, your choice. I know alot that refuse to follow a bloody manifest destiny god like the rest of the hang around the fort indians
@@thethunder5123 In 1610 or there abouts , the entire MicMac nation agreed to convert to christianity at the summer gathering on the Gaspe Peninsula . It was because Jesus Christ was way more powerful than the spirits of Nature . No longer did The People have to live their life in fear that some Ahole would be able to curse them through the dark arts . The curses just no longer worked anymore . And to top it all off the curses went back to where they originated and stomped the crap out of the hapless sender .
Jesus Christ and his ways , spread like wildfire across the planet because it is the most powerful religion bar none . History is littered with duels between medicine men and priests ,and your side lost .
@@theodoremartin6153 prove it or shut up
@@thethunder5123 Why? Look around you .. (Christian crushes out cigar on wannabe indians forehead , tips hat , strolls away)
Scottish person on night three and just wanting more of the history and stories of this fascinating country,If there's one thing I'm starting to grasp is the sheer vastness of your beautiful country.
I have fallin in love with this channel. I love these stories. My grandmothers mom and dad were full blood Cherokees.
My grandmother married a "white man", and I was raised with no knowledge of my ancestors.
My grandmother refuses to speak on her parents because they were mean, and abusive - this is what my mother says anyway.
I was gonna name my son after my great-grandfather because it was a very unique name, and I loved it so much, but my grandmother told me if I named him after her father she'd NEVER call him by name.
She said "I will never call your son by name because I will never have that bast*rds name roll off my tongue ever again."
So, yeah.....thats when I lost hope of ever knowing any of my families history. 😔
She definitely would never speak about her parents, or anything she knew.
She has alzheimers now which is absolutely heartbreaking, but I love the he*l out of her.
She was always a strong woman.
Definitely the type of woman that didn't have to have a man. She married my grandfather because she loved him, not because she needed him. Which was rare back in those days.
Ive never known another woman to have the kind of strength she possessed.
I guess that's how she's made it to nearly 100 yrs old, and can still walk, still do most things she's always done.
Its just her mind has made her extremely forgetful nowadays. 😔
But anyway....just wanted you to know you have a new fan. Im gonna binge all your vids, and im also gonna stew in my anger because yt has kept this hidden from me for years, and its definitely my type of content!!
- new fan from West TN!! ❤
I'm not a doctor. I've just done a lot of research on vitamin deficiencies and the symptoms because my husband was diagnosed with a severe vitamin d deficiency that was causes all kinds of health problems for him. Anyway, you might want to get your grandma checked for vitamin deficiencies, especially vitamin D and the b vitamins. According to research, deficiencies in those can cause memory loss and/or forgetfulness, among other things. Don't just take my word for it though; research it and see what you think.
I love getting this notification hope all is well and best wishes keep at it thanks for another great one
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for bringing all of these accounts into one concise video. Your content is truly fantastic and I've enjoyed watching you for like I think a year now. good times!
Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoy my work.
Thank you for yet another history lesson.
Me and my buddy used to camp during the summer and go to the county fairs and trust me I witnessed a whole lot of the shaking tent phenomenon
You guys just happened to be camping where natives did their ceremonies? I thought these were very private secluded ceremonies
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Oh man this is awesome video thank you. It was well worth waiting for. Again your content awesome. Thanks again for all the info.
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Yet another amazing documentary thank you, I think it's great that you getting these stories out there so they can be remembered
Excellent documentary. Thank for for the superior content.
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
this is amazing, subscribed!
Excellent. Thank you!
outstanding thanks for posting
Excellent work on this!
Well written and read. Very interesting research on our history!
Thank you for this! Excellent reading and visual presentation on a subject I'd heard about, but never delved into further.
Awesome video! Thank you!🙏💞
Thank you, learn3d something today.
I’d like to add that my ancestor Narcissus Lauretides left Marseilles for Paris n Canada we were told one of the first families to live in the area of Quebec, Anglo. Says St Lawrence River and Laurentian Mountains are from the family root name. I am proud I’m half Algonquian and French.
Parents both naturalized as children near Lk Superior.
Not sure if anyone cares, lol but I like to share that. Thanks for listening.
The natives lived the right way! Hunt, fish, grow food, no drugs or alcohol, now we get our food in plastic shit and most of it is filled with poison! You go to Walmart and it's just loaded with sugar products!
@@frankhartman323 I agree 100%
Very cool! Thanks for sharing! In my family 2 Scottish fur traders married Indigenous women in Western Canada, also that's on my grandmas side whose dad was Swedish, my other 3 grandparents are English.
@@OnwardsUpwards you’re very welcome. Seems just couple months ago I wrote that.
Thank you also for sharing your family history. Blessings
You are very talented, keep up the great work we enjoy it all, thanks !
Fascinating! Thank you.
Excellent Thank You.
Thanks for the time stamps hammer man. This just made my 00sleep list.
Very interesting! Thank you.
Thankfully these early explorers kept records. Thanks for the hard work getting these gems out there for us history geeks. 👍 👍
This is an awesome channel. I love the videos. At 37:05, the very faint beating drum sound is brilliant!
omg Mr Peters, i absolutely LOVE your work!! thanks so much for putting together and sharing these outstanding legends/stories!
there’s really nothing else like it on YT. i’m in london ontario and the way the stories are told hold a very strong nostalgic magic on me. i sincerely adore all of your long form presentations!
Thanks for watching! I’m glad you. Enjoy my videos.
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There are some things in this world that people can not explain
I didn't realise it at the time, but I have seen one of these tents. I don't think a ceremony was going on though. I just knew that it was a private sort of thing.
Lol.. So you didn't knock
The shaking light tent is very interesting . It was incredibly told . Thank you
Loved this video!!!!
Excellent research and narration.
very good work
You know I read a book years ago called Coppermine about an RCMP officers adventures in Alberta, the Northwest Territories and the extreme north and his companion/guide that turned out to be a female native and the different tribes encountered with wild and crazy customs and skin Walker tales. The crazy part about my experience reading the book was when I finished the book I had a wild dream that I was on another planet and when I looked up at the sky I could see other planets and they seemed so close and realist.
Mysterious video...very interesting!!
I'm an Indian from India. My people have inhabited Himalayan slopes for last 2 to 3 thousand years. No one knows for sure how long. And we have very similar traditions and modes of worship. The shaking tent has a direct parallel in our tradition. Also the use of spirit mediums is also prevelant to communicate with ancestral spirits and gurus of the past. Traditional Hindu worship of Gods also occurs along with spirit worship.
And one more thing I noticed is how endeavouring men are called brave by the natives. For us the word 'veer', a literal translation of the word brave is used a lot for our warriors when addressing them.
Three thousand years is not really that long in that part of the world. I would expect something more like 30,000 years.
@Indrid Cold No, brother. Who is it ?
Do you have the name or any other information of what you call the parallel version of the shaking tent tradition? I would love to read something about it. Thank you.
Enjoyed watching very much ! Take care from Welland Ontario Canada
I took part in a shaking tent ceremony in 1992, in northwest Quebec. Back then there was still a handful of Anishnabe medicine men from Ontario still performing the shaking tent. Indeed, from what I witnessed, with multiple instruments, different voices and animals sounds heard simultaneously, and the way the tent was shaking while the medicine man was tied in a blanket on a chair, without mentioning the information disclosed in the messages channeled, it was no doubt supernatural...
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing that.
Thank you. I learned a lot from your video
Fascinating
Very very good.
Best channel on TH-cam.
GOOD voice, great narrative
Very 👍 good!
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Thanks for the amazing content! I was wondering if u could please make more werewolf and big foot videos
This channel is so interesting 👍 👋
Bro bad azz vidya my brother stay well my friend.
another great documentary! Thank yoU!
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Very interesting. I think I may have a flat that acts the same way as the tent 🛐
That blew my mind. 😳. There a medicine man. That’s burried on this peice of land where our family house is located. Pinto flats.
I remember going to one I was only 4 I was so scared but I was told not too, I'm still so fascinated by it and I hope to go to one again
Love your work mate
Fascinating documentary,thank you for the upload.Since this stuff is real,Im sure glad My Creator is even MORE REAL...
I really appreciate the skepticm.
I'm from mackinaw city where fort mitialamacinac is and have found so many artifacts from the fur trade, 100's of Jesuit rings, I was dumb and wore some of the trade silver and my spirit was taken over, I had to do several sweat lodges and I ended up giving most of the artifacts to the little traverse bay band of Indians, some of the artifacts are in a restaurant in mackinaw city called audies!
as a Shake Tent man, this is interesting,
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I haven't watched the video but by the title, "if the van's rocking don't come knocking" may apply to other personal spaces. Now let me see if I'm right but somehow I think shaking and rocking may be very different.
I like to consider myself pretty well-read when it comes to folklore, but this is a new one, and it sounds like it's pretty well documented in historical accounts. I'm surprised I haven't encountered more references to it. Well, I have now. Thanks, Hammerson!
15:39 accounts of one of the warriors witnessing how well the deception working confusedly asking Henry "Wait, how are you a super power?" remain apocryphal
I was in a few shaking tents. No complaints.🙈🙈🙈🙈🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰
GOOD MORNING
I never heard of this...
Is there an asiatic analog? Just curious because of how widespread the tent ceremony is.
great culture
47:37 Damn dude. imagine someone visiting a Catholic church and, while people are kneeling in prayer, asking the priest leading the prayer "why even pray? God never responds". Imagine how irate everyone would be. What a disrespectful question to ask during their religious gathering.
The shaking tent has definitely NOT died out. My sister witnessed a very impressive one in the 1980's.
Vine Deloria Jr. shared stories of the shaking tent in his book, "The world we used to live in." Enjoy.
Great book! Great Human Being!
@@rono4723 indeed ...
West Africans also have something like this. The Zangbeto. My spelling is off I think.
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It's a massive shame these people have lost much of their history.
What a terrible thing to say, Arthur!!!!! Shame on you!
@@maeton-gaming I am Cherokee. I do know why. Thank you. Still gives you no right to speak down on them. Do you know why it was NEVER put into writing Arthur???????
@@maeton-gaming some tribes were more apt to sharing their culture and or documenting it. FOR EXAMPLE.....
Think "code talkers". Our government never wanted the language written after that war. Many tribes pass on their language verbally. ( I have many Navajo friends. This is what they told me. )
Also, the language was taught to them verbally, hundreds upon hundreds of years ago. I was told from ''sky visitors''.
(I am Cherokee. Just passing on the info I received.)
Take it for what you want. Just my understanding. Many native languages are unwritten.
I use the Navajo language as an example, ONLY. I am aware this is not about the Navajo.
Bring back the dream women
We are the most populous first nation in Quebec but idk yet for Canada.
Innu or Montagnais.
Speak and write in English, French and our Language.
Soon German and Spanish.
This ceremony makes me also think about the shamans in Africa with the whirling ✨empty✨grass mounds that spin and move before the crowd. The shaman places a small object like a statue of the spirit or something. I wonder if there is some ancient connection with this practice. It’s said that all humans migrated out of Africa. Could use be possible that the Iroquois held on to ancient African spiritual practices?
Good story telling, I'm of French Canadian descendent and its always great to hear of the great trapping and trading at that time. To think of all the woods and vast distances the fur trappers had to go...and to think how they seemed to coexist with the Natives unlike the English. But sadly the only thing I can trap now is my fat ass in my work pants as I drink fire water trying to farm up some free time to watch youtube... appreciate your hard work.
It's not extinct the practice
my mom told me about seeing this
Yes this is real and yes there is an afterlife... have witnessed these on a few occasions.
Hmm
OK
Mmm.
I've been jamming your videos all night. Had no idea about much of this. Or how cunty America used to be. No apologies though. America is badass! Lol, mucking about. But I never knew how badass RCMP was. They sound oddly familiar to Texas Rangers. Please keep these coming.
Thanks for the kind words! I've got nothing against America at all; in fact, there are many things I admire more about America than my own country. But they were land-hungry back in the day, and that's a fact.
@@HammersonPeters Agreed! I guess I just was willingly oblivious to the extent of that fact.
ALL countries were once land hungry, it was just common practice back 120 years ago.
Not different gods, not considered gods lol. But this is an old book so. Also we believe the same things pretty much, just call them different things. There are variations of course.