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The Other States of America: History Podcast

The Other States of America: History Podcast

By: ERIC YANIS
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 American History is far more complicated than a yearlong High School class could ever teach you. This podcast will tell you the rest of that story, focusing on colonies you've never heard of, that may be at your front door, like New Netherland and New Sweden, New France, the Haudenosaunee and the lampooned "Articles of Confederation," that serve as footnotes in the history presented to you. Join Eric Yanis, a NYS Certified Social Studies and SWD teacher, as he guides you through the history left out of the textbook.ERIC YANIS World
Episodes
  • The Powhatan: Pocahontas' Peace and the First Anglo-Powhatan War (1609-1618)

    The Powhatan: Pocahontas' Peace and the First Anglo-Powhatan War (1609-1618)
    Nov 19 2025

    Chief Powhatan and the settlers of Jamestown find themselves in a conflict only Pocahontas can end. The peace that follows however, will create greater challenges for the Powhatan that are only realized in hindsight. The Peace of Pocahontas will not hold for long.
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    35 mins
  • The Powhatan: Pocahontas, John Smith, Jamestown and Chief Powhatan (1607-1609)

    The Powhatan: Pocahontas, John Smith, Jamestown and Chief Powhatan (1607-1609)
    Aug 26 2025

    The Great Chief Powhatan reigned over a Paramount Chiefdom of perhaps 22,000 people. Then suddenly a group of strangers arrive and settle within Powhatan’s domain, they have desirable goods to trade, but are otherwise a difficult bunch to assimilate. This is the story of Pocahontas, John Smith and Jamestown, as can best be told from the point of view of Chief Powhatan the Great Werowances of Werowances, often overshadowed by his misunderstood daughter.

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    38 mins
  • The Powhatan: Before Jamestown (1574-1606)

    The Powhatan: Before Jamestown (1574-1606)
    Jul 30 2025

    In the land of Tsenacomoco, a young man named Wahunsenacawh inherits six chiefdoms, he and his brothers will go on to create the Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom, consisting of 30 or more villages, each with its own traditions and folk-ways.


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    35 mins
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