Chapter 4 Flashcards
Canadien
A descendant of the settlers of New France
Red River Cart
Symbols of Metis culture
Factor
In the context of the fur trade, the person in charge of a fort and its business for Hudson Bay company or the North west company
Castor
A gland at the base of a beavers tail
Aboriginal peoples
First Nation, Metis and Inuit Poole as defined by Canada’s constitution
Indian
Europeans used the word Indian to describe the First Nations people of North America , although these pools were diverse and had names for themselves. Many FN people prefer not to use the word Indian to describe themsefts, except to indemnify those people recognized by Candas Indian Act.
Heathenish
Non-Christian
Status
A persons rank or importance in society
Migration
Movement of people from one region of a territory to another
Perspective
Values and ideas shared by people with a common language, culture and history
Competition
The urge to win
Economic competition
“Winning” means controlling more weath then the other
Diversity
Multi culture, the difference and opinions between others
Fur trade
The time from 1500 to 1870 where different company’s had monploys over fur and trader goods with NF
Hudson Bay Company
Fur trading post
Middlemen
Working between “you” and the “producers”
Ogimah
A leader in anishine society
Francophone Metis
When the mother is Metis and the father is French
Pennican
A food made from dried meat, pounded and mixed with berries and fat.
Portage
Carrying everything
