They must have had large cities, they have just deteriorated to the point no one has been able to find the remains. The walls surrounded cities, not ceremonial places. Artisans and astronomers wouldn't have lived in huts.
FUN FACT: When white fur traders first came north in the 1600s, they met the Indigenous people at Obadjiwan, where they established a fur trading post in the shadow of the rich silver fields. However, neither the white traders nor the clergy had any knowledge of the enormous silver wealth in the overlooking hills. When the Hudson Bay fort overcharged the Indigenous hunters for guns and bullets, the hunters simply went into the bush and fashioned bullets from pure silver. They never told the fort’s factor of the rich silver deposits that lay in the hills nearby. So why this silence? Anson Gard, who chronicled the Cobalt silver rush, wrote that the Indigenous people were aware of the presence of the silver veins, but they believed that great misfortune would befall them if the white men knew. We find a similar code of silence among the Ojibwa who mined copper along the northern Great Lakes. The Ojibwa story of Nanabijou serves as a cautionary tale against sharing the secrets of mineral wealth. Nanabijou was a giant who protected the Indigenous people of the northern boreal forest. Nanabijou revealed the secrets of a rich silver mine to the Ojibwa, but warned that they must never share this information. Despite their best efforts, the white men learned of the location of the mine at Silver Islet on Lake Superior. They came with their dynamite and shaft-sinking machines, and Nanabijou was turned to stone, becoming the famous Sleeping Giant in the harbour of Thunder Bay. The Ojibwa lost their guardian and were left exposed to the destructive influx of white men. A year after the Silver Islet Mine was established in 1868, the Hudson’s Bay Company relinquished control of their vast trading territories across the North in a deed of surrender to the newly established country of Canada. This opened the region to a flood of railway workers, trappers, and prospectors, who brought with them the exploitation, alcohol, and disease that devastated the traditional economies of the northern Indigenous peoples. So I’m pretty sure Tonto would agree.. bad trade kemosabé.
They must have had large cities, they have just deteriorated to the point no one has been able to find the remains. The walls surrounded cities, not ceremonial places. Artisans and astronomers wouldn't have lived in huts.
FUN FACT: When white fur traders first came north in the 1600s, they met the Indigenous people at Obadjiwan, where they established a fur trading post in the shadow of the rich silver fields. However, neither the white traders nor the clergy had any knowledge of the enormous silver wealth in the overlooking hills. When the Hudson Bay fort overcharged the Indigenous hunters for guns and bullets, the hunters simply went into the bush and fashioned bullets from pure silver. They never told the fort’s factor of the rich silver deposits that lay in the hills nearby. So why this silence? Anson Gard, who chronicled the Cobalt silver rush, wrote that the Indigenous people were aware of the presence of the silver veins, but they believed that great misfortune would befall them if the white men knew. We find a similar code of silence among the Ojibwa who mined copper along the northern Great Lakes. The Ojibwa story of Nanabijou serves as a cautionary tale against sharing the secrets of mineral wealth. Nanabijou was a giant who protected the Indigenous people of the northern boreal forest. Nanabijou revealed the secrets of a rich silver mine to the Ojibwa, but warned that they must never share this information. Despite their best efforts, the white men learned of the location of the mine at Silver Islet on Lake Superior. They came with their dynamite and shaft-sinking machines, and Nanabijou was turned to stone, becoming the famous Sleeping Giant in the harbour of Thunder Bay. The Ojibwa lost their guardian and were left exposed to the destructive influx of white men. A year after the Silver Islet Mine was established in 1868, the Hudson’s Bay Company relinquished control of their vast trading territories across the North in a deed of surrender to the newly established country of Canada. This opened the region to a flood of railway workers, trappers, and prospectors, who brought with them the exploitation, alcohol, and disease that devastated the traditional economies of the northern Indigenous peoples.
So I’m pretty sure Tonto would agree.. bad trade kemosabé.
I think those mounds are where they buried their dead. Just a guess.
Rich in information... great video ❤️
I like the subject matter, but the vid is blurry. Maybe it's just me though.
This is so low quality
this video looks as good as your profile photo