Fur Trade & Exploration

Examination of Aboriginal people who traveled to Europe, early on as captive slaves and then, after 1500 A.D., as adventurers, envoys, sightseers, or performers.

Consists of an interview where he shares general reminiscences of his life.

Describes the scientific methods employed by researchers to map ancient trade routes in Alberta.

Details the history of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.

Photocopied page showing a sketch of Touchwood Hills Post in 1861, and a sketch of Fort Pelly from [1876]. Photocopied page from Canadian Geographic Journal, n.d.

Book review of, A Tour of Duty in the Pacific Northwest: E.A. Porcher and H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, 1865-1868 edited and annotated by Dwight L. Smith.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1996.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 1988.

Book reviews of: Spirits of the Water: Native Art Collected on Expeditions to Alaska and British Columbia, 1774-1910 edited by Steven C. Brown. Souvenirs of the Fur Trade: Northwest Coast Indian Art and Artifacts Collected by American Mariners, 1788-1844 by Mary Malloy. The Transforming Image: Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations by Bill McLennan and Karen Duffek. Northwest Coast Indian Paintings: House Fronts and Interior Screens by Edward Malin Susan Point: Coast Salish Artist edited by Gary Wyatt.

Using Hupa oral history and Jedediah Smith's personal journals to track his movements through California in the late 1820s. Parts of Jedediah Smith's journal entries are included.

Looks at the events involving the Laurentian Iroquois.

Outlines basic characteristics of trading centres, identifies and describes previously unrecognized ones.

Argues that Indigenous peoples bought more European goods from the Hudson's Bay Company post as fur prices went up, and also increased trapping for trade purposes.

Discussion of First Nation and European trade in relation to economies and alliances established.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 2002.

Book review of: Traders and Raiders by Natale Zappia.

Book review of: Otter Skins, Boston Ships and China Goods: The Maritime Fur Trade of the Northwest Coast, 1785-1841 by James R. Gibson.

Looks at various strengths, including geography, that enabled the Chickasaws to overcome their military adversaries.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2012.

Author use oral histories, traditional knowledge and place names as well as tools such as GPS to map the well-established trade routes connecting two Inuit settlements and important places across into contemporary geographical systems. Highlights the need to consider Inuit culture in terms of moving as a way of living.

Hand drawn map using pencil and blue ink by Bruce Peel, showing the trails and landmarks encompassing the area between Crow's Nest Pass, AB and Fort Garry, MB.

Historical note:

Map drawn by Bruce Peel, cataloguer of the Adam Shortt Collection, Main Library, University of Saskatchewan between 1946-1951.

Challenges Eurocentric perceptions of Aboriginal "writing systems".

Book review of: Transatlantic Encounters: American Indians in Britain, 1500-1776 by Alden T. Vaughan.

Presents history of the Garrison Dam and the resulting reservoir, Lake Sakakawea named after a Shoshone women that was a translator for Lewis and Clarke expedition.

Asserts that Aboriginal women's history should not merely be viewed in terms of the nation state, but requires a more diverse perspective.

"Joe Mercredi and trapped lynx" Fond-du-Lac, Sask.

Trapper posing in front of cabin, with snowshoes in left hand and rifle in right; winter scene.

Eighth (revised) edition.

Discusses the evolution of trapping, Treaty 8 and the Natural Resource Transfer Agreement (NRTA), and the erosion of trapping rights over time.

Publication relating to pre-contact, colonization, treaties and modern-day eras of Aboriginal life in Manitoba. Includes detailed descriptions of the treaty signings of 1871.

Brief history of James Bird who was enlisted by the Treaty 7 Commission to interpret negotiations held at Blackfoot Crossing. He was hired to replace Jerry Potts.

Brief history of one of the interpreters for the Treaty 7 Commission negotiations that were held in 1877.

Looks at historical Aboriginal title in British Columbia.

Curriculum & Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University, 1999.

Alternative spelling for Powhatans is Pocahontas.

Human Ecology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2005.

History and Classics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2010.

Book review of: Tse-loh-ne (The People at the End of the Rocks) by Keith Billington. Scroll down to page 143 to read review.

Reviews the historical use of this stone as a decorative and symbolic gemstone in North American Indian cultures.