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Aboriginal Labour in the North-West

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Bourgeault
Prairie Forum, vol. 31, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 273-304
Description
Explores the historical background of the Aboriginal labour force prior to Saskatchewan forming a province in 1905.
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[Company of Adventurers]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Winona Stevenson
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 133-139
Description
Book review of: Company of Adventurers by Peter C. Newman.
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Don McLean Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Don McLean
Christine Welsh
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.
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A Forest of Family Trees: Rupert's Land Roots in Western Canada

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Brown
Canadian Issues, New Frontiers in Our History: 100 Years of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Confederation, Winter, 2005, pp. 25-27
Description
Explores the relationships between Aboriginal women and HBC employees and the resulting expanded families of offspring. To access article scroll to p. 25
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The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site of Canada

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Parks Canada
Description
Describes the thriving fur industry in the Montreal region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Website includes history, the bourgeois, the voyageurs, role of Aboriginal women, North West Company, Hudson's Bay Company, virtual tour, image gallery, and activities.
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How Furs Built Canada

Alternate Title
Kayak
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canada's History
Description

Special digital edition of Canada's History's magazine for children Kayak. Suitable for ages 7-12

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Ikwe

Alternate Title
Daughters of the Country
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Norma Bailey
Description
Through the eyes of a young Ojibwe woman this film illustrates one down side of contact between cultures, the introduction of small pox and its dire impact on Native Americans. Duration:57:00.
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The Untold Story of the Hudson's Bay Company

Alternate Title
Commemorate Canada - The Hudson’s Bay Company
Canadian Geographic in the Classroom
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melissa Gismondi
Canadian Geographic, vol. 140, no. 3, May/June 2020, pp. 33-34,36-40, 42
Description

Discusses the company's history from its origins to the present day and its historical relationship with Indigenous peoples.

Related material: Lesson Plan.

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The Woman Who Married a Beaver: Trade Patterns and Gender Roles in the Ojibwa Fur Trade

Alternate Title
The Woman Who Married a Beaver Trade Patterns and Gender Roles in the Ojibwa Fur Trade
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce M. White
Ethnohistory, vol. 46, no. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 109-147
Description
Analysis of roles and contributions of Southwestern Ojibwa (Anishinaabeg), particularly women, to the fur trade from the 17th century until recent times.
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Women, Kin, and Catholicism: New Perspectives on the Fur Trade

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Sleeper-Smith
Ethnohistory, vol. 47, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 423-452
Description
Through the combination of trade and religion, four Catholic Aboriginal women occupied a unique role in the society of the western Great Lakes.
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