Fur Trade & Exploration

Looks at the differences between traditional Inuit law and western concepts of law.

Discusses archaeological evidence for long-distance relationships which were established for the purposes of trade of both basic materials and non-essentials such as handicrafts and ritual items.

Article examines the ways that the Yamacraw Leader Tomochichi has been represented and misrepresented in historical texts and narratives surrounding the settlement of the Georgia; works to reconstruct a more accurate biography.

William Trudeau talks about the origins of his family. Interpreter : E. Debassigae ; transcriber : J. Greenwood.

William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations.He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.

Selected excerpts from bound published volume of narrative which covers such topics as the early settlement and development of the western regions of what is now Canada. Among other subjects, Metis land grants and scrip, fur traders, buffalo hunting and methods of transportation used by Natives, and the Northwest Resistance are covered.

Explains how "wintering" fur traders led to social relationships between the traders and Aboriginal people, which in turn formed the Western Plains Métis.

This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary relates to his patient pursuit of a silver fox, the origin of 'made beaver' currency, and Beatty's total fur hunt run for the winter. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'

Historical note:

Looks at cross-cultural relations in a region of New South Wales that was under control of the London-based AA Company.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University, 1998.

Analysis of roles and contributions of Southwestern Ojibwa (Anishinaabeg), particularly women, to the fur trade from the 17th century until recent times.

Explores the unique role women played in the fur trade and their motivations for becoming fur traders' wives.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2004.

Verbatim chronicle by an RCMP official stationed at Herschel Island, Yukon Territory of the Danish explorer's Fifth Thule Expedition.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1937.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 1994.

History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1995.

Workmen remove overburden at the site of the Francois-Finlay Post near Nipawin in 1964.

Historical note:

The Francois-Finlay Post was the first "pedlar" post on the Saskatchewan River was a combined effort of François Le Blanc, a veteran of the La Vérendrye family's 1740's expeditions, and James Finlay, a Scottish-born businessman. Located just about 150 kilometres east of Prince Albert, below Finlay's Falls near present-day Nipawin, Saskatchewan, the stockaded post was the focus of 20th century archeological excavations.

Discusses the distinctive cherts and chalcedonies from Keatley Creek that allows archaeologists to trace socio-economic activities.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California at Berkeley, 1994.

Uses a theoretical approach to try to understand the theory and perspective that was originally developed to account for the colonizing effort in North America and apply it to precolonial conditions.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 1998.

Book review of: Writing on Ice edited and introduced by Gisli Palsson.

Discusses land sales by Narragansett sachems to Antinomian settlers in the Narragansett Bay region during the 1600's.

Genetics and Molecular Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Emory University, 2000.

Book review of: A Year Inland edited by Barbara Belyea.

Discusses the only surviving medical ledgers in the 200-year history of the Hudson's Bay Company, which span the years 1846 to 1852 at the post; records indicate five per cent of case records were for Aboriginal peoples.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2001.