Trade

Discusses the results of an 1857 British parliamentary committee report, reviewing the monopolist activities of the Hudson's Bay Company, and the impact on the Aboriginal peoples of Rupert's Land.

Outlines the transfer of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to the Dominion of Canada, and compares the Hudson Bay Company's claim versus the Aboriginal claim.

Data provided from accounting and trade records shows patterns of consumption changed from guns and producer-related items to luxury items and amenities.

Interview includes a discussion of Alfred Durocher's life.

Use of gender-related ideas in trade and diplomatic relations.

Examines business interests, particularly trade with the French.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1998.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université de Montréal, 1998.

Barron's notes on Julia Averkieva's article "The Tlingit Indians" from North American Indians in Historical Perspective / edited by Eleanor Burke Leacock & Nancy Oestreich Lurie. Published New York: Random House, c1971, page 317 to 342. Barron's notes break the article down into sections. These include origins, economic base, transition from a clan community to a class society etc. The article appears to be a fairly comprehensive look at the history of the social life of the Tlingit as explained by the stratification of their society.

Analysis of the Navajo economy, focusing on the middleman activities of the traders in relation to the Navajo crafts industry.

Book review of: A Trading Nation by Michael Hart.

Book reviews of 4 books: Treaties on Trial by Fay G. Cohen. The Canadian Prairies: A History by Gerald Friesen. New Native American Drama: Three Plays by Hanay Geiogamah. The three plays are entitled Foghorn, 49, and Body Indian. A Homeland for the Cree by Richard F. Salisbury.

Book reviews of 4 books: A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood by Kim Anderson. Firewater: The Impact of the Whisky Trade on the Blackfoot Nation by Hugh A. Dempsey. Tales of Ghosts: First Nations Art in British Columbia by Ronald Hawker. Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal by Patty Loew.

Assessment of Arctic shipping potential in Canada, the benefits of potential increases in Arctic shipping and growth in Arctic cruise tourism.

This document describes aspects of Aboriginal life in Canada, including history, settlement location, administration, treaties, legal status, economic development and education.

Story of the Montreal canoe, the largest birchbark vessel ever used in Canada, and its role in the fur trade. Includes links to Aboriginal canoe styles, transportation, voyageures and portaging, Sir George Simpson's Travels

Depicts the life of a servant in the Hudson Bay Company (b. 1789) compared to the stereotypes of mixed blood peoples depicted by Hollywood.

Argues that contrary to what is generally accepted, the practise of trapping beaver using this method was in use long before the 1790s, but came into use in the Northeast Indians at that time as First Nations tried to compensate for the lower price of pelts by increasing the number they traded.

Examines missionary work and the possibility that the clergy were clandestinely involved in the fur trade to help finance their missions.

Book review of: CCF Colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan by David M. Quiring.

Subtitled a "Study of the trading post as an insitution", this monograph is a reworking of an address to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in 1889 and published by Johns Hopkins Press. Turner discusses the great influence trade has had on the many great civilizations throughout history and narrows his focus from North American settlements to Wisconsin. Various comments surrounding the presence and participation of indigenous people are included.

Examines how the fur trade altered gender relations and enhanced the position of males relative to females.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2005.

(Abstract in French and English, article in French) Examines how the Montagnais benefitted from competition between the Hudson's Bay Company and independent fur traders in this region and the methods employed by the Company while trying to control the market.

Book review of: Empire of the Bay: An Illustrated History of the Hudson's Bay Company by Peter C. Newman, edited by John Geiger with photographs by Kevin Fleming.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1992.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2013.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2012

Discusses the history of Greenland's system for marketing country foods.

Discusses the history of the HBC between 1774 (the founding of Cumberland House) and 1821 (the merger between the HBC and the Northwest Company), including: transportation of goods and labour shortages. Entire Issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 30.

Describes trade network of the Cree peoples with the Hudson's Bay Company, the supply of fur bearing animals, and how the Cree economy declined.

Discussion of James Clinkskill's paper done in a question / answer format. Clinkskill describes his experiences with the Hudson's Bay Company, conditions in Battleford during and after the Northwest Resistance, scrip and the cattle trade.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 1979.

This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary describes how Beatty and a small crew taking a small group of people from Cumberland House to Grand Rapids and the difficulties encountered, including stormy river travel and the scourge of mosquitoes. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'

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Explains different wampum diplomacy, use as personal ornamentation and in ceremonial objects.

Discusses the benefits of fair trade crafts made by the San Bushmen women of southern Africa.

Discusses 17th century fur trade and the disappearance of beaver and other fur bearing animals.

Shows that trading of pounded acorn flour to the Chumash would not have expanded the efficiency of acorn exchange from the mainland.

Examines the importance of the tobacco trade in both social and ceremonial contexts.

Discussion of class and race with regard to provision of foodstuffs in the North-West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company.

This article describes James Clinkskill's arrival, with a business partner, in Battleford in the early 1880s . Also lists prices for furs of fox, lynx and other animals. Also contains mention of the Northwest Resistance, 'halfbreed freighters', trading with trappers and traders for furs and with Indians for seneca root, and providing flour for the Indian Department.

Black and white photograph of indigenous men with oxen visiting Caucasian settlers in the Battleford area of West central Saskatchewan. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of an indigenous woman standing outside of a shop with sacks. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Texas Christian University, 2002.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 1999.

Engineering Management Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2005.