IS-1017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Indian Act, Wage Labour, North Northern Scots
11 Oct 2018
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This encouraged economic, political, and cultural ties with neighbouring communities. Dynamic and varied economic systems emerged from ecological contexts. Common features of these systems included links to traditional lands and animals, spirituality, and collectively owned assets: contact and cooperation. Indigenous communities traded with newcomers, which led to strong economic and political ties. The fur trade was rooted in mutual desires. This fostered economic relationships and regional political stability. Regional balance relied on integrating non-native traders into. Expanding local kinship networks was an attempt to establish new trade monopolies and peaceful relations. It provided many communities with the leverage to control the quality of the materials being exchanged. French entrepreneurs accepted indigenous people as economic equals to grow the burgeoning fur trade. A matrix of relationships soon developed: displacement and assimilation. Resource exploitation led to lost native control over land and, it follows, their economy. Late 17th century fur trade was positive and negative.
