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- Title
FIRST NATIONS WOMEN IN THE FUR TRADE: FROM ESSENTIAL TO REDUNDANT.
- Authors
VOYAGEUR, CORA J.
- Abstract
The article discusses the role of Indigenous women in the history of Canada's fur trade and their contributions to the country's development. It examines how Indigenous women led the economic, political, and social aspects of pre-colonial society before looking at how women facilitated early contact with Europeans through translation and language talents.
- Subjects
CANADA; FUR trade; INDIGENOUS women; FIRST Nations of Canada; FIRST Nations-White relations; WOMEN; SOCIAL conditions of women; HISTORY; POLITICAL participation; SOCIAL life &; customs of Native Americans
- Publication
Canadian Issues / Thèmes Canadiens, 2016, p15
- ISSN
0318-8442
- Publication type
Article