Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! Thanks too for the kind words! Very glad that these videos help to paint the narrative of the indigenous people of this land. Thanks again!
@@buddhatobe1 lots. Bass, pike, catfish, bluegill, and more. Best where the water pools, slows down. There’s a lot of RU-vidrs posting their DPR fishing videos.
Thank you for another episode in your series on "Native American Sites of the Chicago Region". I was not aware of the existence of the Kennecott Mounds in the southwestern corner of Elmwood Park, Illinois along Thatcher Avenue a few blocks north of North Avenue. I appreciate the effort and research that you put into these videos that you put into these videos. (Posted 2 Agust 2024 at 2339 CDT.)
Thanks very much for watching and the very nice comment! We always appreciate your support and comments, as they add much to the dialogue regarding our videos. Very glad that you are finding these videos informative!
Thank you for all the be historic videos. I grew up in warrenville where the prairie path went through. Your history of that area brought me back as I could picture it all over again. Your history is always so concise and gives new perspectives on those who came before us. Thank you so much for
@@BeHistoricThank you for the interesting content! I was wondering if you have ever heard the story of Chief Kappas, he was an underling chief of Chief Shabbona.? The DeKalb County history book says there was an Indian burial ground in what was once known as Coltonville. This chief was murdered by one of his braves and the brave took death as a punishment. The chief was given a burial ceremony and remained on the land for years until his bones were sold to a guy who ran a medical school in St. Charles. I think that person was involved in the grave robbing of a young woman in Sycamore. I'm not sure if he's one that got shit by the group who came to retrieve her body. Of course, there was sad story of Chief Shabbona. I believe so.e if his land that was stolen is now in his descendants care. I believe chief Shabbona is mentioned in the history book fore Ogle County too. Unfortunately, the burial sites off Coltonville Rd have all been gone a long time. I am not sure if there is any other literature with any other details except from the description in the history book from DeKalb County. Take care and thanks for the videos!
Thank you so much Brian and Joyce- even though some of our historic sites have been destroyed, it is vitally important that they are documented for posterity. As I’ve probably stated before, when I was still an educator it was taking the students to some of these sites when they were studying related topics that would bring history to life and activate their imaginations.
Thanks for watching and for the continued support of our channel! We very much appreciate it! We fully agree - and hope to document as many of these forgotten sites as is possible. It is one thing to destroy them over the course of a century or so - but at the very least, we can still remember what was here before - and attempt to understand its meaning, and acknowledging the loss. Fully agree too that one of the best ways to teach history is to go to the places in the landscape where events happened. Even with the transformation of time, the places continue to be evocative of what went before. Thanks again - always look forward to your comments!
Thank you. An excellent video. Fills in alot of blanks in my understanding regarding the indigenous story around here. Now i want to wander the woods to see if any plum trees are still around.
Thanks for watching and the supportive comments! Glad that we could provide some useful information and inspire your own research. That is indeed an interesting question - as to whether there are any vestiges of these wild fruit trees in the general area. Farmer Trapp stated that the plum trees were just to the north of the mound site, which is convenient, as that's about where the main part of the Evans Field forest preserve is located. Thanks again!
Just found you, well done! Have had an interest in the mounds since finding a book from the 1870s at the public library back in the 1970s. It was on the subject of American anthropology. Included that the natives had no memory of who built the mounds.
Thanks for watching our videos - and very glad that you found us! Glad that you find them of interest. Indeed, this was one of the reasons cited by antiquarians for Native Americans not being the creators of the various earthworks in many areas of the US - that local tribespeople lacked knowledge in their construction or meaning. Of course, many of these local tribes had only recently been pushed into the area by the continued pressures of US settlement pushing tribes westward. Further, many of these earthworks were several hundred years old. It's not surprising then that they had little or no knowledge of these tumuli. Thanks again for watching and taking the time to comment!
you "had natives also"....? i think you mean there are traces of historical native american culture in the area that you now live. put in a little effort when you attempt to broadcast communications online, please.
Thanks for watching our videos and for taking the time to comment! Glad that you are finding these videos of use in your search for family roots in Illinois. Hope that you keep up your explorations and investigations into the past. There is always something to learn - and always something to help understand the present. Thanks again!
Insanity that I traversed there so many times without knowing this. Also, those closing statements hit hard. Mounds survived for centuries only to be erased like nothing. It's only been 100 years or so and it is already forgotten by the non-enthusiast.
Thanks for watching the video and for the thoughtful comments and observations! Records suggest that there were likely hundreds of mounds located along the various river systems in northeast Illinois before US settlement. There has been an unfortunate disregard for these earthworks and burial grounds for the past few hundred years, even well into the past century. Thanks again for taking the time to comment!
