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“Great idea to interview historians, but perhaps try spending more than two minutes of an episode with them // Nothing about the incomparably brutal XY Company and North West companies spreading false rumours about infected blankets, nor about the Hudson’s Bay Company’s role in vaccination (let alone conservation and restriction of the alcohol trade) for both altruistic and self-interested reasons, incommensurate with a policy of intentional disease spread // The ideational-cultural association of the blanket with disease/colonialism is understandable and was valuable to learn more about; more about what occurred in the real lived history would have been valuable too. As a settler Canadian, I always assumed that the Bay blanket was used as a deliberate tool of biological warfare, and I think many others think the same. I think more people would benefit from learning the complexity of history rather than this effort at justifying a historical inaccuracy (and debasing oral history as a concept by calling this an example of valid oral history in the process). The truth of colonialism is weakened this way; caricature and embellishment robs it of its force. It stands on its own and is plainly devastating and atrocious, without straining to connect, say, the Bay blanket with a single US plot // Borders are a ‘Western concept,’ yet territorial exclusivity and rule are one of the hallmarks of Indigenous title to land, for which there is clear record - both Indigenous and colonial - about the granting and refusal of entry to Indigenous land”
constantthinker1 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
04/04/22
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06/17/20
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07/23/19
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“Hilarious, thoughtful, educational... this podcast is everything I want from podcasts. They present their material with care and thoughtfulness, with just the right touch of humour to balance some very heavy material.”
LisaLa12 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
06/14/19
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