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THE TSIMSHIAN, THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST FUR TRADE, 1787–1840
Author(s) -
MARSDEN SUSAN,
GALOIS ROBERT
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1995.tb00411.x
Subject(s) - geopolitics , fur trade , indigenous , bay , ethnology , geography , humanities , narrative , political science , art , history , archaeology , economic history , ecology , law , literature , politics , biology
The paper examines the first half‐century of the fur trade on the Northwest Coast from the perspective of its First Nations participants. It focuses on the array of initiatives taken by Ligeex, a prominent Tsimshian chief, to insert non‐native traders within the geopolitics of the indigenous world. The reconstruction is undertaken by linking Tsimshian oral narratives with Euro‐American documentary sources. ľarticle traite des cinquante premiéres années du commerce des fourrures sur la côte nord‐ouest du point de vue des participants membres des Premiéres Nations. II se concentre sur la série ?initiatives entreprises par Ligeex, un chef tsimshian de premier rang, afin ?incorporer les commerçants allochtones à la géopolitique du monde indigéne. La reconstruction est effectuée en reliant des narrations de la tradition orale tsimshiane à des sources documentaires euro‐américaines.