About this episode

The episode discusses the historical meeting between Samuel de Champlain and Chief Tessouat, and the subsequent history of the Algonquin First Nation as shared by Chief Kirby J. Whiteduck.

Recently, former Algonquin First Nation Chief Kirby J. Whiteduck spoke to the Bromley Historical Society near the very place where, in 1613 Samuel de Champlain, once met the famous one-eyed Algonquin Chief Tessouat. It was there that Champlain, as representative of his 17th Century French Colonial government, first negotiated with the somewhat resistant Algonquin Chief. And yet what happened to that Algonquin First Nation since that famous meeting over three hundred years ago is a story as well known to Chief Whiteduck, as it would seem too little known by the rest of Canada. Still, in this new Canadian era of truth and reconciliation, when the Bromley Historical Society heard what Chief Whiteduck had to say, it promised, at the very least, to be a new beginning. Note: Due to some significant technical challenges, the quality of our audio recording is not consistent throughout so in advance we apologize to Chief Whiteduck and to our listeners.

People in this episode

Guest: Kirby J. Whiteduck

Topics covered

• Algonquin history
• truth and reconciliation
• French Colonial government
• Indigenous relations
• historical negotiations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bromley Historical Society

Places: Algonquin First Nation, Canada

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