PaleFace Speaks: History is not Binary ;)

Just some _stream of consciousness_ thoughts on history while I get my kayak out on the water for the first time in a long time...
This is a longer one, see the TIMESTAMPS below to jump around to different subjects or ramp up the playback speed (1.5x seems to work).

General ruminations on the history of Colonial and Tribal relationships while acknowledging there is no binary view of history -- there are no "good guys and bad guys" and things are very murky and complex for anyone who really engages the history. There's a lot of historical references for you to do your own continued research, much of what I say is off the top of my head and there was a lot I wanted to say that I didn't get a chance to...

Timestamps:
Intro - Took a minute to get into a paddling trance and escape "civilization mode"
1:00 Subjects I was considering for this video -- almost didn't want to speak and ruin the trance
2:34 Animal interlude -- sounds of bullfrog, snorting white tailed deer, otter holes?, beaver swims near me
3:08 Whenever I get in an isolated place in Nature I always slip into a state of consciousness where I reminisce about historical periods and peoples
3:43 Current events seem to want People to be divided...casting the idea of "original sin" on people of a certain skin color and painting the tragedies of history as a one-sided, simplistic affair...
4:18 My dad's Passamoquoddy friend who passed away
5:15 stereotypes of "The White Man" and "The Red Man"
5:55 Wabanaki and Iroquois Confederacies and their opposition to each other
7:56 "The Red Paint People" and other more ancient peoples that preceded modern tribes
9:05 The Last Migration of "First Nation" Peoples into the Americas: The Thule, ancestors of the Inuit and how they displaced the Dorset Culture, "conquering" Canada
10:27 Harmony and Tragedy -- many different relationships between Colonists and Tribes...not one linear, simplistic conflict or betrayal...
11:35 The Plymouth Colony had some ****s in their government. And the endless history of "Eye for an Eye" vengeance or honor killing.
14:00 The English and French Feud and how different Tribes made different allegiances (very relevant to Maine's history)...
15:40 Original territorial treaty of Penobscot and forgotten pieces of history...
16:50 Modern legal battles to settle broken treaties (and specific controversies regarding Maine's Tribes).
18:00 Dark History: Maine is missing a piece of our constitution that _you're not allowed to look at!_
19:43 Inter-Tribal Violence preceding the arrival of Europeans -- Some discussion of torture techniques
20:45 "Adopting the enemy" -- the practice of incorporating some captives as full-fledged members of a tribe as part of a grieving ceremony for lost members
22:00 Closing thoughts re: the channel

Music Credits (all tracks licensed via Epidemic Sound):
"Silent Earth" - Walt Adams
"Wire" - Farrell Wooten
"Water Clouds" - Ambientalism