Before Europeans
Trade was based on this idea of mutual respect
What is reciprocity (give & take)?
Most important animal in the fur trade
What is beaver?
Mixed-heritage group
What are Métis people?
Company that controlled Rupert's Land
What is the Hudson's Bay Company?
War caused by fur trade competition?
What is the Beaver Wars?
Name one thing traded before Europeans arrived
What is Food/ Tools/ Resources
European item traded
What is metal tools/ firearms/ blankets?
French priests
What are the Jesuit Missionaries?
Year Rupert's Land created
What is 1670?
One effect of the introduction of disease
What is population loss?
Why were relationships important?
What are trust and survival?
What is pemmican?
What is a survival food?
Another name for the Independent traders
What are the coureurs de bois? Wood runners? Free traders? Pedlars?
What is no Indigenous consultation
One environmental impact
What is overhunting? overfishing? animal and human population depletion? changes in physical trails?
Name one Indigenous Nation involved
What is Cree/ Anishinaabe/ Haudenosauee/ Wendat
Why were beaver pelts valuable?
What is durable, waterproof, and flexible for hat-making/ fashion?
What is translators/ guides?
What does "unceded land" mean?
What is not given up by Indigenous peoples
What is alcohol/ debt/ unfair weight?
How was Indigenous trade different from European trade?
Explain how European demand affected North America
What is increased hunting, expansion of trade, necessity for fashion grew economy?
Role of Métis women
What is food prep, clothing, survival
How did land control change power?
What is Europeans gained control? More land = more resource = more control = more power
Long-term impact of the fur trade
What is dependency, land loss, cultural change?