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THE ABORIGINALS AND THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY
The most common of theories explaining how the First Nations and Inuit people arrived to North America, is that they are descendents of people that came from Asia about 30000 years ago. It is assumed that they used a land bridge to cross from Siberia into Alaska that was formed during the ice age. However, the ancestors of the Inuit came later about 4500 years ago. Travelling across the continent, aboriginal peoples have developed different customs and languages depending on where they are they settled. However, when the Europeans arrived, the lives of all Aboriginals changed forever. Trading between the Europeans and the Aboriginals were important as both parties were dependent on what the other could provide. The Europeans wanted fur and traded the aboriginals with metal tools, pots, and other items. Consequently, they became partners in the fur trade as well as the exploration of Canada. The aboriginals taught the Europeans how to survive in the largely unmapped Canadian territories. The Europeans established a very strong bond with the aboriginals whereby they were taught how to live like them from building and using canoes, toboggans and snowshoes to the use of aboriginal medicine such as ingesting spruce bark to cure scurvy. Therefore, together the Europeans and the aboriginals were able to explore the Canadian territories and exploit the natural resources available.
HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY TERRITORY 1821 TO 1870
Aboriginal women played a crucial role in the fur trade, where they took the job of preparing the furs for transportation. They were physically strong which was helpful when HBC employees travelled long distances. They could haul as much as two men could. They carried supplies as well as large animals that were hunted back to the camp where they would make a meal out of the animal, and the fur of it usable. Therefore, this made aboriginal women very helpful to HBC employees since it freed their time to do...
The most common of theories explaining how the First Nations and Inuit people arrived to North America, is that they are descendents of people that came from Asia about 30000 years ago. It is assumed that they used a land bridge to cross from Siberia into Alaska that was formed during the ice age. However, the ancestors of the Inuit came later about 4500 years ago. Travelling across the continent, aboriginal peoples have developed different customs and languages depending on where they are they settled. However, when the Europeans arrived, the lives of all Aboriginals changed forever. Trading between the Europeans and the Aboriginals were important as both parties were dependent on what the other could provide. The Europeans wanted fur and traded the aboriginals with metal tools, pots, and other items. Consequently, they became partners in the fur trade as well as the exploration of Canada. The aboriginals taught the Europeans how to survive in the largely unmapped Canadian territories. The Europeans established a very strong bond with the aboriginals whereby they were taught how to live like them from building and using canoes, toboggans and snowshoes to the use of aboriginal medicine such as ingesting spruce bark to cure scurvy. Therefore, together the Europeans and the aboriginals were able to explore the Canadian territories and exploit the natural resources available.
HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY TERRITORY 1821 TO 1870
Aboriginal women played a crucial role in the fur trade, where they took the job of preparing the furs for transportation. They were physically strong which was helpful when HBC employees travelled long distances. They could haul as much as two men could. They carried supplies as well as large animals that were hunted back to the camp where they would make a meal out of the animal, and the fur of it usable. Therefore, this made aboriginal women very helpful to HBC employees since it freed their time to do...