Fur trade
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Economics
- Subcategories: Trade, Commerce, Native Americans, American Indians, Animals, Endangered Species, Zoology
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Indian History
- Geographical Location: New York, Quebec
- Date: Early to mid-seventeenth century
Article abstract: The fur trade involved not only material, but also major social and policy exchanges between Indians and whites.
During the early years of fur trading, Europeans and Native Americans met on very widely extended ground. The most concentrated contacts came between the Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes area, down to the Hudson River Valley and westward to Lake Winnipeg. Although forms of interaction varied between regions, two general patterns characterized the impact of the fur trade on Native Americans. One was essentially political (and military)...
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