Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire
How early French-Indigenous relations in the Northwest led to the rise of a new people, the Métis.
The fur trade was the heart of the French empire in early North America. The French-Canadian (Canadien) men who traversed the vast hinterlands of the Hudson Bay watershed, trading for furs from Indigenous trappers and hunters, were its cornerstone.
How early French-Indigenous relations in the Northwest led to the rise of a new people, the Métis.
The fur trade was the heart of the French empire in early North America. The French-Canadian (Canadien) men who traversed the vast hinterlands of the Hudson Bay watershed, trading for furs from Indigenous trappers and hunters, were its cornerstone.
How early French-Indigenous relations in the Northwest led to the rise of a new people, the Métis.
The fur trade was the heart of the French empire in early North America. The French-Canadian (Canadien) men who traversed the vast hinterlands of the Hudson Bay watershed, trading for furs from Indigenous trappers and hunters, were its cornerstone.
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