223 A Native American History of the Ohio River Valley & Great Lakes Region

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

Earlyrepublic, History, Benfranklin, Society & Culture, Warforindependence, Earlyamericanrepublic, Earlyamericanhistory, Education, Colonialamerica, Americanrevolution, Ushistory, Benjaminfranklin

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🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Ohio River Valley proved to be a rich agrarian region. Many different Native American peoples prospered from its land both in terms of the the land’s ability to produce a wide variety of crops and its support of a wide variety of small fur-bearing animals for the fur trade.

Susan Sleeper-Smith, a Professor of History at Michigan State University and author of Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest: Indian Women and the Ohio River Valley, 1690-1792, helps us explore this unique region and the important roles it played in the early American past.

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's World is a production of the
0:02.6	O'Mohandro Institute.
0:04.0	Welcome to Ben Franklin's World,
0:08.0	Podcasts About Early American History with Liz Covert.
0:11.0	The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can
0:15.5	affect the better future. Van Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people
0:20.6	and events that have impacted and shaped our present day world. people and
0:25.0	welcome,
0:28.0	welcome to episode two hundred twenty three of Ben Franklin's world
0:32.0	the podcast dedicated to helping you,
0:34.0	learn more about how the people and events of our early American past
0:38.0	have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:40.0	The Ohio River Valley encompasses a wide area that stretches nearly 1,000 miles between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cairo, Illinois.
0:49.0	Now, during the 17th and 18th centuries, you would have found this region to be a rich
0:53.6	agrarian region where lots of different Native American peoples
0:57.0	prospered from the land both because they were able to produce a wide variety of
1:01.2	crops from its rich soils and because the land produced a variety of small fur-bearing animals that Native Americans were able to use in the fur trade.
1:10.0	Now, it was the fur trade that brought the French and the British into the region.
1:13.8	But it was the region's lush and fertile landscape that brought the Americans.
1:18.3	Today we're going to explore the Ohio River Valley and Great Lakes region as they were during the 17th and 18th centuries, as Native American
1:26.2	spaces.
1:27.2	We're also going to explore how those spaces changed over time as different European and American
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