LINKS, REVIEWS & COMMENTS 2003

I HAVE DECIDED TO ELIMINATE MY LINKS SECTION AS THEY ARE 80% IN ERROR
and it just takes too long to maintain it.

You have a great site and, as I am pasionate about history,
I find it most enjoyable and informative.
It is so true that history is a collections of scraps and fragments:
after the schoolbooks of the classroom,
it is disappointing to note that much true history has been forgotten over time
so that an untold amount of history has been lost forever.

I have been reading the histories of New France, Metis Cultures and
I was very pleased with your writings about our history.
I am very interested in the Metis research.
Thank you and my deepest compliments on you work.

Why are you calling Native Canadians, Savages???
Are you are racist? It is offensive.
I think the savages were the Europeans..not the Native Canadians…

You are correct,
however I am not trying to be politically correct but rather historically correct and
that was the term used at the time.
If you had taken the time to read my work you would understand.
The word savage didn't start out in a derogatory way, only in an ignorant way.
Savage meant uneducated in European beliefs and values but
more importantly Ignorant to European understanding of God

I have just spent days reading and trying to assimilate what you have wrote and make sense of what you are trying to “sell” to us who read the writing on this site. I have come to the conclusion that you like many others from both sides of this Indian/ European! “History” are beating their own drums. What I see in all of this is that somebody will always be trying to justify what they have done or not done and how the “others” have denied the other of their god given rights. Good luck selling these ideas

Just a note to say "thanks" for all the work you put into your web site.
I am in awe of the volume of material you have there
and it has been very helpful to me in researching my own family history
I am excited to share your work with my family.

Thank you again for all you've done and your generosity for posting it for countless others to benefit from.

I have enjoyed your wonderful web site and have used it to find some excellent evidence regarding my genealogical line.
So I for one would like to thank you for your web site and hope that you will continue with your great work.

Thank you for you website, it has been a great help with research that I have been doing!

I want to thank you for all this amazing work you have done and shared with
people like me!

I love all the history in your Canadian History Directory.
I am amazed at the time and effort you must have put into your Canadian History Directory; New France and Metis.

I've written before, but just felt compelled to again, to once again
say thank you for all the Metis history and related links you have on
your website - it is a true blessing to have all this history organized like you have
available to us, the public, for our education and reference. I often
consult your work when doing research for my website,
and find it invaluable...

I just wanted to add my thanks to the others for the fabulous Métis website.
I have copied information so I can read and search it for my ancestors.

Thank you so much for all your effort over the years to compile a fabulous Metis history.
I am president of the independent Historic Saugeen Metis, and we are publishing a new newsletter.

I would like to include the following item in the newsletter quoted from your on-line discussion about Metis Nation.

I am requesting your permission, and won’t include it unless I have your approval.

Cleary, your work is useless, too bad.
Oh, even if you are Albertan, you should learn to spell mon petit Metis.

I just wanted to tell you that I came across your web site as I was doing research for my next Metis-inspired artwork.
As a Metis who only recently found out about my own ancestral lineage,
I really appreciate the effort you put into it and look forward to visiting it again.
You should think about applying for the Research Chair position at Ottawa University! You probably know more than most!

I just want to say "wow" for one of the greatest resources on Quebec and Canadian history I've found on the net.

You are precise, you give notes to the reader, this is amazing. When you talked about the difference between the word "sauvage" and "savage", and what that meant at the time, I just said to myself I'm gonna send an email to this guy. Many young Quebecers think our French ancestors were all like "racists" against Indians because of that word. (Probably some federalists wanted us to learn that I dont' know). History is just a hobby for me but I'll certainly reference to your pages many times. I know you're nuanced, and I trust this.

Great work, amazing work

I just wanted to share with you how your research in early French history in Kebec has helped me in my quest for answers.
Genealogy statistics are bones. Your work provided me with the humanity.
With your research, I was able to step into the minds and walk with the spirits of my early French ancestors and
finally, I began to realize that I could see.

I wrote to you several weeks ago asking a question and you were kind enough to answer.
I again wanted to thank you for your website and considerable research.
Your site was my third source of information verifying my Algonquin ancestry.
I am again extremely grateful for the work that you do.

I was just reviewing your timelines again and seeing how the petitions fit in with the flow of other activities,
which was interesting to see. This is just the best way to present history, in order to understand cause and
effect, and to reveal hidden agendas. I again want to commend you for the website.
What an amazing amount of work, and what a valuable resource!
I will continue to send you any interesting documents that I encounter in my searches thru the archives.
There are some unscanned ones that I plan to view in September when I visit Glenbow.

Fascinating website
I have always been interested in History even though my profession had been in Microbiology.
Now that I'm retired, I want to pursue my interests in History.
I found your site through a Google search about ice-age tribes in the middle east.
Your synopsis of European and Asian history and culture are absolutely fascinating.
I've never seen such a neat, concise chronology of historical events as you have put forth.
I'm sure it will be very valuable in pursuing my historical interests.

Sincerely,
Patrick Juneau - 08 - 2009

Hi, I've just read bits and pieces of your website's French History section...
I couldn't finish it. How do you expect me to believe you if you can't spell properly?
If you want people to take your work seriously, especially seeing that your work appears somewhat detailed,
I suggest you learn the difference between the words; there, their and they're, among other words.

I have found your site, that has many references to Niagara on the Lake and Fort Erie along 40 mile Creek
regarding baptism, marriage and death records...it is very impressive.

I am a university student who is doing a project on the history, struggles, and development of the Metis people.
I love your site!

I would like to congratulate you compiling a great part of history and making it available to the public.

I have been browsing your site - wow! what a huge amount of work it represents!
It's great that you've put this all online so others can have access to it - a wonderful resource.

Danielle Baxter 10 - 2009

Your website is very, very interesting and an excellent source of valuable information.

I stumbled across your website doing research for my stories - trying to figure out what First People were where, what they were like, what they called themselves, what they called the places where they lived, the names they used for the geographic features of their world - their relations with their neighbors -- in a sense, trying to get into their heads as it were -- in some cases where they went - what happened to them - are they still here, today.
What would America (all of America) be like if -- if the first people were still 'in control'
Thank you so much for all your work in assembling your website -- all of the hours and hours of digging you must have done, the analysis - the comparing notes, the verifying --- cross-checking, indexing --- pulling all the data together and presenting it so that others can understand and begin to think about what was and whata could have been.

Marj Scholes Goosey - November - 2009

I normally don't post responses to e-mails, but this was a well thought out e-mail that I only printed a small portion of its contents;

"What would America be like if -- if the first people were still 'in control'"
The First Peoples never were in control of America. They believed they were only the caretakers of the land, not owners or in control. They believed the Great Spirit or God was the only one in control and he allowed the People to make decisions, by listening to the voices of nature and Mother Earth. The First People gave America the value of democracy, shared leadership, appreciation of nature and mother earth and other things.   I am more concerned of some of the bad practices the Europeans gave the First Nations.
But lets not forget some of the good things every culture brings to the table of life.
I suspect not much would have changed, because Europeans were an ignorant people as you noted.
Education, tolerance and time can correct this problem.
Don't give up the search for your roots! One of the best experiences of my life was to walk the walk of my ancestors or to sit on the homestead of my ancestors from 1652 on the St. Lawrence River. It's called getting the gestalt of Life.
My your journey bring great joy to your life!

I, too, am of mixed blood.
Sometimes when I read about what my 'white-face' ancestors did to my First Nation ancestors I get very angry!
How could people be so stupid! Even that isn't quite the right word; Ignorant?
However, one must know the truth - even if - as in my case - one wishes there was another TRUTH!
My father always denied his First Nation heritage; given the time and the place where he came to manhood,
I have come to understand why this is so --- but his self-denial was like telling me he had no nose on his face.
Recently my sisters and I are learning more about are heritage --
though we are still not sure which First Nation we would belong to --
we are fairly certain it is a Plains Nation -
though there is no one of Dad's generation left who could tell us -
give us even a small hint of where to look
What I am learning -
at least in part due to your website -
is that some of my 'what if' questions have some scientifc basis -
some archeological and anthropologic evidence suggests that some of my 'assumptions' could actually have happened!
I stumbled across your website doing research for my stories -
trying to figure out what First People were where, what they were like, what they called themselves,
what they called the places where they lived, the names they used for the geographic features of their world -
their relations with their neighbors -- in a sense, trying to get into their heads as it were -- in some cases where they went -
what happened to them - are they still here, today. What would America (all of America) be like if -
- if the first people were still 'in control', if the 'white-faces' acknowledged that the first people were PEOPLE
with a viable belief system, working social order and structure -
-- if the 'white-faces' actually tried to live WITH the first people according to first people customs,
adapting to first people ways instead of forcing their 'white-face' ways on the first people.
Thank you so much for all your work in assembling your website --
all of the hours and hours of digging you must have done, the analysis -
the comparing notes, the verifying --- cross-checking, indexing ---
pulling all the data together and presenting it so that others can understand and begin to think about what was and whata could have been.
May God - the Great Spirit - Bless you

I am impressed with your website, EUROPEAN & ASIAN HISTORY OF BELIEFS & VALUES,
and am astonished at the level of detail you have included from thousands, indeed millions, of years unto the present.
Your conclusions are accurate, especially as regards Islam.
Thank you for your effort.

I came across you site.
I thought your website was most helpful and well done by the way.
Be happy to share what I have; you have done a marvelous job.

I am in awe over your work! Chapeau
The U.S. insisted on unnatural binary ethnic choices.
'Both of the above' was not an option for these people. Multi-cultural before their time.
Not politically correct 160 years ago, and still not today.
Then they were guilty of not being pure white, and they are still guilty, but now of not being real, i.e., pure Indians.
Could you please advise from the lessons you have learnt?
I suspect the Métis were also torn apart by this great language divide.

Jean Beaulieu - 11 - 2009

That is not a simple question to answer.
First the majority of Metis were of a French speaking community, Quebec.
The Metis used a modified France Canadian language that was different from Parisian French.
They added a large number of words they created to describe things they saw that had no French words.
Then to trade they had to use Indian dialects.
The Indians had developed a universal language throughout North America in order to trade.
They loved to trade and exchange stories.
The Metis integrated mostly Algonquin words (Cree-Ojibwa etc.) into French and the universal trading language.
Then the English Metis entered the trading world, mostly Cree and English mix.
So the French Metis and English Metis developed a common language to communicate between themselves.
They came to appreciate that language does not a culture define.
The important thing is to communicate, intermarry and enjoy each other and life.
Just remember how the American English language has changed to adapt to a changing environment,
its full of computer words, no old English words can describe the new reality.
There are no pure Indians, or English or French or any other culture.
Thanks for writing.

Thank you very much for the extensive research you've done.
I'm learning a lot from the work you've accomplished.

REVIEWS & COMMENTS 2009

Back to Top