The 'Adventurers of England' on Hudson Bay: A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North
Historical social studies textbook.
Historical social studies textbook.
Black and white photograph of two young indigenous men, one in full western apparel, and the other in a buckskin jacket drinking at table. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Highlights the life of a North West Company voyageur and his Indigenous wife that bore Métis children.
Story suitable for Grades K-3.
Primary topic is negotiations between the British government and the Hudson's Bay Company for the cession of of the Company's rights back to the Crown and the Government of Canada's desire to annex the lands granted in the Charter of the Company.
Source: Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, 8th Parl, 4th Sess, 1865 at 44-57.
Historical social studies textbook.