Trade

Discussion of an incident with the Carrier people during the fur trade that was told and retold for a hundred years.

Examines how the trading post culture was selectively chosen by the Navajo as a means of enriching their lives without sacrificing cultural integrity.

This bibliography includes materials relating primarily to Canadian Aboriginals in the area of ethnographic, historical and political geography. Specific subjects include ethnography and human ecology; early European contacts, settlers and the fur trade; conflict and control over native peoples; the British Indian Department and the Canadas; and contemporary Indian reserves. Also included are materials from the United States, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Greenland Inuit and Russian minorities.

Looks at the history and the importance of pawn to Navajo culture.

"Both parts illustrated with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William."

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2002.

This history deals primarily with the fur trade and the numerous posts in the "Nipawi", or Fort a la Corne and Nipawin areas along the Saskatchewan River from the 1750s to the 1790s. It contains historical and field research by Morton on the various French, Northwest Company, Independent, and Hudson's Bay Company posts found in this region of what is today Saskatchewan. Morton also discusses the war between the Cree and the original Atsina, or Gros Ventre, inhabitants of the area, as well as trade between First Nations and Europeans.

Historical note:

History of a coastal region on Vancouver Island where Aboriginal, Spanish and English claims overlapped. Check out under 'History' two areas - "Early Exploration" and "The Nootka People".

1 file containing: An Introduction to the Geography of the Canadian Arctic. Chapter VI, Pages 75-86, discusses the way of life of the Canadian Inuit including: population and distribution; social organization; hunting and fishing; language, art and religion; and regional groups. -"The Awakening North", an excerpt from the annual report of Seagrams Ltd. including a portfolio of pictures of the north, several of which are of Inuit peoples.

Explores the early history of the fur trade and the provisions trading system in the Northern Great Plains.

Discusses the history of the "Red River" Mackenzie Métis and the Northern Mackenzie Métis in the Mackenzie and Athabasca regions.

Author of journal was employed in the fur trade by the North West Company.

A collection of accounts and letters from Forrest Oakes' Account book, Lawrence Ermatinger's Engagement and Account Book and Letter Book, and E.W. Gray's Letter Books, all in the 1700's which give an idea of indigenous involvement in trade at the time.

Business Administration [Management] Thesis (Ph.D.)--New Mexico State University, 2012.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2001.

Book review of: "The Orders of the Dreamed": George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823 by Jennifer S. H. Brown and Robert Brightman.

The history of La Ronge, Saskatchewan, is detailed from pre-contact to the arrival of Jean Etienne Waden, first European in the La Ronge area, to present-day businesses, schools and churches in the town; numerous photographs.

History of trade, its rise and fall, including effects of international fur trade from the Russian and Chinese markets.

Discusses the similarities and differences between the two Indigenous groups.

Draws on various historical documents and Turnor’s journal to describe the expedition to survey Rupert’s Land for the Hudson’s Bay Company in the late 1770s and early 1780s. Discusses the roles David Thompson and Peter Fiddler. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 57.

A photograph of several large piles of Buffalo bones probably stacked along 1st Avenue in Saskatoon near the train station where Midtown Plaza now stands. A young man with a long pole stands in front of one pile.

Describes the Northwestern culture area where overlapping interests and trade in prestige goods created an elite class

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2002.

[Economic Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2006.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado, 2012.

An explanation of the Kwakiutl potlatch as cultural commerce and how items are exchanged.

Features exhibits and presentations pertaining to the history of the Hudson's Bay Company in the region and the fur trade of the 1700s.

Examines the forces that caused both the European trading companies and trappers to disregard the decline in beaver population.

Examines how the structure of native institutions and property rights provided a relatively high standard of living in the mid eighteenth century and for part of the nineteenth, then was unable to experience modern rates of economic growth and provide avenues for further development.

Book review of: Prophecy of the Swan by David V. Burley, J. Scott Hamilton, and Knut R. Fladmark.

Report relating to the history of the Wood Mountain–Fort Qu'Appelle Trail, surveyed in 1883 and covered large areas of southern Saskatchewan. Author may be [A.S. Morton].

Historical note:

Inuk carver and artisan, Quabluitok; seated on a chair, posing for camera.

Book reviews of 4 books: Oriental Shadows: The Presence of the East in Early American Literature by Jim Egan. So Great a Proffit: How the East Indies Trade Transformed Anglo-American Capitalism by James R. Fichter. Empires and Indigenes: Intercultural Alliance, Imperial Expansion, and Warfare in the Early Modern World edited by Wayne E. Lee. The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth-Century History by Emma Rothschild.

Update to Aboriginal Peoples' Legal Right to Natural Resources (Forests) in British Columbia reflecting significant developments in Aboriginal rights and title case law, four decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada, and the amended Forest Act of British Columbia.

Discusses the impact of the First World War on the fur industry and how Montreal became the dominant fur auction center.

Examines the road network by looking at the movement of people and goods documented in the 1848 census.

Book review of: The Manager's Tale by Hugh Mackay Ross.

This newspaper clipping is Professor R.O. MacFarlane's review of A. S. Morton, A History of the Canadian West to 1870-71. Toronto: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1939.

RCAP 118 contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Regina Friendship Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations groups concerned with education, economic development, agriculture, and the justice system as well as a Round Table discussion on youth participation. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.

RCAP 138 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This portion includes presentations of individuals made at Round Tables concerned with addictions, education, business and economic development and employment. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.

RCAP 150 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion includes opening remarks from Elder Vincent Stogan, Elder Ken Harris and assembled commissioners Co-Chair George Erasmus and Viola Robinson.

RCAP 151 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion includes opening remarks from Elder Vincent Stogan and moderator Lou Desmarais. Also included in this portion are presentations of individuals and groups dealing with various topics concerning treaty rights; self-sufficiency and Aboriginal self-government; economic development and housing issues; Metis issues; education and employment; legal issues and the justice system; health systems and services and social issues confronting Aboriginal women.

RCAP 152 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion includes presentations of individuals and groups dealing with various topics concerning health care systems and services; fishing rights; fire fighting in the Aboriginal Community; cultural advancement through writing and issues surrounding special needs citizens in the Aboriginal Community. Questions from the assembled Commissioners follow each presentation which can be viewed individually on this site.

RCAP 168 contains a transcript of a telephone consultation between Counsel for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People, Nick Schultz and retired RCMP officer Ross Gibson who had been a witness to the relocation of Inuit to the High Arctic. The conversation focuses on the Gibson's recollection of events and their portrayal currently.

File contains the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Manawan, Quebec, on Thursday December 3, 1992. This is the French transcript of the session. The English transcript and summary can be read in File 88a.