ANTH 4730 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-6: Postcolonialism

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 4730
• Professor: Xiaobei Chen

Document Summary

This chapter highlights the era of hudson bay company"s (hbc) monopoly in the canadian region. Hbc proved to be both good and bad for the indigenous population. Once hbc had gained substantial power and established its monopoly, it acknowledged the fact that most animals were going extinct in the region due to excessive hunting and trading (pg. Therefore, hbc decided to set a quota system throughout the region, however, the indigenous tribes instead started cross-trading fur to maximize returns, or in some cases moved to places where there was still an open market. Some indigenous tribes decided to start trading bison meat instead, but that too was becoming extinct in some areas, and therefore hbc had to impose quota system on that too. For indigenous tribes to find any work they would have to cross into territories where these animals were in surplus (pg.