General Instructions: Write an essay on ONE of the following topics. Your essay should make use of all the materials in the course that deal with your topic as well as at least one book and one article or book chapter; OR the course materials plus two books from the list provided for your topic. The works that you use in addition to the course materials must be by at least two different authors. You are, of course, encouraged to use more materials than this minimum, but you are not required to do so. All the materials listed are available online via the AU Library, unless otherwise indicated. Many are also available in print through the Athabasca University library or a library in your vicinity. Jennifer Brown, Strangers in Blood: Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1980). Shepard Krech 111, The Subarctic Fur Trade: Native Social and Economic Adaptations (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1984).
In what ways was the fur trade in the West an economic relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples? In what ways was it a social relationship?
