Vocabulary & Trade Terms
The money gained from the sale of a good or service after subtracting all costs.
Profit
The physical workmen who rowed canoes and carried heavy packs of furs between trading posts and trade centers.
Voyageurs
While Europeans traded to make a financial profit, Native Americans traded primarily for this reason.
to get things they needed or wanted?
True or False: Native Americans had never traded prior to the arrival of European traders.
False
What is Mr. Crosby's Daughters name?
Everlee or Evie
An animal skin that still has the fur attached to it.
Pelt
Literate individuals in charge of day-to-day business operations and record-keeping at a trading post.
Clerks
Name three of the five nations involved in the Minnesota fur trade.
Dakota, Ojibwe, France, Great Britain, or the USA
Religious individuals who came to Minnesota with the goal of converting Native Americans to Christianity
Missionaries
The Story:
Three brothers live on the same colorful street.
Who lives in the White House?
The President
Items like metal pots, axes, kettles, guns, and woven fabric brought by Europeans that made life easier for Native Americans
manufactured goods
People who translated between groups who spoke different languages to help them communicate and negotiate trade deals.
Interpreters
Two ways European traders adapted to Dakota and Ojibwe culture to build trust and strengthen kinship ties.
marrying Native women, learning the local language, or giving gifts
True or False: Most furs were transported across Minnesota using horses
False
What is the state bird of Minnesota?
Loon
The popular European hat made from animal pelts that served as a status symbol for wealthy and powerful people in Europe.
beaver top hat
Dakota and Ojibwe people who provided essential food (like wild rice, meat, and maple sugar) and clothing (like moccasins) to help traders survive the winter.
Suppliers
How the goal of hunting changed for Dakota and Ojibwe people after the arrival of European traders
hunting to trade for goods rather than hunting solely for basic survival
The primary activity that Native American hunters and pelt preparers focused on during the autumn and winter months
trapping animals, hunting, and turning hides into trade pelts
On the very first morning of the new school year, the school principal ran into the teachers' lounge holding a messy, splattered banana cream pie. Someone had thrown it right at her face! She gathered four teacher suspects and asked what they were doing at 8:30 a.m. sharp:
The principal immediately knew which teacher was lying.Question: Who threw the pie, and how did the principal know?
Mr. Nate it was the first day of school
The large summer gathering where traders, clerks, voyageurs, and Native Americans met to exchange goods and furs.
rendezvous
Dakota and Ojibwe women who processed animal hides to turn them into valuable trade pelts.
Pelt Preparers
wo specific lifestyle changes experienced by Native Americans after trading with Europeans.
using fabric instead of hides for clothing, using metal tools/guns, or learning English/French
The two main groups of Europeans who came to Minnesota, along with the distinct goal of each group.
explorers (seeking fame and adventure) and missionaries (seeking to convert Native people)
What year did the Minnesota Vikings become a Pro Football Team?
1960