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Fur Trade History as an Aspect of Native History
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History 155: Canada to Confederation
Author: Arthur J. Ray
Title: Fur Trade History as an Aspect of Native History
1) What question does the author address in this article? ...
The author addresses the basic question of in what way should natives be depicted in Canadian History do to their association in the fur trade? ... The first question is how much attention have historians devoted to the roles that the Indians played in the fur trade in the considerable body of fur trade literature that already exists? ... Through careful analysis of these questions that past historians may have neglected, the author attempts to find out the truth about the way in which the Indians were important factors in the fur trade. ... He says that “it is my opinion that many new insights into Indian history can be obtained if we abandon the retrospective, technological-determinist outlook and devote more attention to an examination of Indian involvement in the fur trade in the context of contemporary conditions.
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Title: Fur Trade History as an Aspect of Native History
Words: 805
Rating: None
Pages: 3.2
submitted by: speersy
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