The Voyageur Express

Episode 3: The Voyageur Express Episode 3, John Tanner’s Narrative Chapter 2

October 31st, 2023  |  Season 1  |  41 mins 39 secs

anishinaabe, fur trade, john tanner

The Voyageur Express Episode 3, John Tanner’s Narrative Chapter 2
I hope everyone has a lovely NAVC Fall Gathering, Sorry I can’t be there, but hopefully y’all can have an impromptu book club!
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This Episode comes from John Tanner’s Narrative, which was published around 1830:
A narrative of the captivity and adventures of John Tanner : (U. S. interpreter at the Saut de Ste. Marie, ) during thirty years residence among the Indians in the interior of North America Available to read here:
https://archive.org/details/bp_596018/page/38/mode/1up?view=theater
I’d also Recommend John Fierst’s Article: “A ‘Succession of Little Occurrences’
Scholarly Editing and the Organization of Time in John Tanner's Narrative
about working on an Annotated edition of John Tanner’s Narrative here:
https://scholarlyediting.org/2012/essays/essay.fierst.html
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I read from and reference an article talking about the problems with the stereotypes of alcoholism during the episode, you can read the article here:
https://psmag.com/news/whats-behind-the-myth-of-native-american-alcoholism
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