Lessons of the Fox Wars
Special | 32m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Eugene R.H. Tesdahl explores the history of the French in the territory of Wisconsin.
Eugene R.H. Tesdahl, Assistant Professor, History, UW-Platteville, discusses the attempts to exterminate the Meskwaki Nation in Wisconsin by French officials in the early eighteenth century. Tesdahl focuses on the attempted genocide, the significance of the Native peoples and the colonial history of Wisconsin during this time when the territory was contested ground.
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Lessons of the Fox Wars
Special | 32m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Eugene R.H. Tesdahl, Assistant Professor, History, UW-Platteville, discusses the attempts to exterminate the Meskwaki Nation in Wisconsin by French officials in the early eighteenth century. Tesdahl focuses on the attempted genocide, the significance of the Native peoples and the colonial history of Wisconsin during this time when the territory was contested ground.
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