The Bankslanders: Economy and Ecology of a Frontier Trapping Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Peter Joseph Usher
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1970.
Discusses how the demand for beaver pelts brought about a new economy, the shift from hunting beaver to hunting bison, and the impact of missionaries.
Chapter from Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes..
Can be adapted for students K-12. There are two activities: harvesting birch sap and making birch syrup.