Terms/Vocabulary
An animal skin with the fur on it
What is pelt?
In this season, hunters trapped beavers and hunted other animals
What is winter?
This person helped traders talk and negotiate with the Dakota & Ojibwe
Who is an interpreter?
The reason Native Americans traded with others
Descendants of European men and Native American women
Who were the Métis?
To carry a canoe and other supplies over areas of land between waterways
What is portage?
In this season, they built and repaired the post and cut firewood for winter
What is autumn/fall?
This person helped the Europeans find their way through the woods and rivers
Who is a guide?
The main reason that Europeans traded
What is to make money/profit?
Name a tool that changed the lives of the Dakota and Ojibwe
What are steel axes and steel traps?
The money gained from the sale of a good or service after all the costs needed to make the sale are subtracted from the amount received
What is profit?
In this season they made and repaired canoes, and made maple sugar
What is spring?
This person oversaw operations at one or more trading posts; came from a wealthy family; known to be able to read and write
Who is a trader?
Europeans wanted beaver furs for these reasons (Name TWO specific reasons)
What is to (1) make them into hats, (2) make a profit, and (3) because beavers had been hunted to near extinction in Europe?
These goods were desired by the Dakota and Ojibwe (Name TWO of them)
What are kettles, guns, cloth/fabric, glass beads, axes, red dyes, and knives?
A source or supply of a useful material (such as fur, wood, or oil)
What is a resource?
In this season they held the rendezvous
What is summer?
This person managed the day-to-day business at a fur trading post (accounting, supervised trades, etc.); known to be able to read and write
Who is a clerk?
The purpose for the missionaries coming to this land
What is to have Native Americans give up their religions in favor of Christianity?
During this event, people came together for weeks at a time to trade furs and goods
What is a rendezvous?
A person who went out to spread their religion to others
What is a missionary?
In this season they packed up pelts to prepare to go to rendezvous
What is spring?
This person helped make sure the Europeans had all the resources they needed and even sometimes provided canoes for them
Who is a supplier?
The European traders supported business by making use of the Native Americans' beliefs of generosity, gift giving, and kinship in these TWO specific ways
What is to (1) give gifts to strengthen relationships with the NA, and (2) sometimes they marrying Ojibwe and Dakota women to create kinship ties?
Women played an important part of the fur trade by helping with these tasks/jobs (Name TWO tasks/jobs)
What are (1) cleaning pelts, (2) providing resources to keep trade going, (3) learning French and English to interpret, and (4) building important community links by marrying European men?