Ojibwe Flashcards
1
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Pelt Preparers
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Dakota or Ojibwe women who turned the animals hides into valuable pelts for trade.
2
Q
Supplier
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The provided clothing and food the traders needed to survive the winter
3
Q
Hunter
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They hunted and trapped animals for mean and furs to trade.
4
Q
Clerk
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They managed the day-to-day business at the trading post.
5
Q
Guides
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Dakota and Ojibwe who helped Europeans find their way through woods and waterways
6
Q
Trader
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They could read and write and were in charge of one more more trading posts.
7
Q
Interpreters
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They used their knowledge of multiple languages to help traders negotiate.
8
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Voyageurs
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They carried and canoed the furs from the interior posts to the trade centers
