HUNTING GROUNDS OF THE EASTERN WOODLAND INDIANS | Living Historian | Doug Wood
About this episode
Doug Wood discusses his portrayal of Eastern Woodland Indians and his interest in their historical practices.
Doug Wood is a West Virginia living historian portraying the life of the eastern woodland American Indians. After a reading about bear hunting & raccoon trapping with Mohawks in 1755, Doug describes how a historical trail project mixed with his own Cherokee ancestry got him interested in representing the lives of the various woodland Indians of the 18th-century. We begin on captive-taking practices and West Virginia being abandoned by the time of European arrival, yet remaining as a hunti...
People in this episode
Host: Philippe G. Willis
Guest: Doug Wood
Topics covered
- Eastern Woodland Indians
- living history
- hunting practices
- Cherokee ancestry
- 18th-century history
Keywords
- Eastern Woodland Indians
- Doug Wood
- living historian
- bear hunting
- raccoon trapping
- Cherokee
- 18th-century
Mentioned in this episode
Places: West Virginia, Cherokee, Mohawks, Eastern Woodland
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