Event Date Description Radisson and des Groseilliers are voyagers from France who travelled to north of Lake Superior to begin a fur trading 1659 They went to Montreal and travelled to Lake Superior to begin a trade business with the Cree and Ojibwa people The world’s oldest operating trading company is created on May 2nd‚1670 by the Royal Charter 1670 King Charles II issues a Charter HBC to give them monopoly over all trade in the area. In return HBC pays the King two elk and two black beaver
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Acquiring new status as scouts‚ officers‚ instructors and snipes. A very famous member was Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow‚ an Ojibwa from the Parry Island Band near Parry Sound‚ Ontario. He received the Military Medal and two bars for his bravery and effectiveness as a sniper. First Nation women were also known to have made contributions on the homefront and battlefront. As women
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When the Europeans first arrived in the New World‚ other cultures were friendly‚ but as time went on tension increased and relationships between the people of different cultures decreased. An unnamed member of the Ojibwa people recounted a dream describing the Europeans. “Men of strange appearance have come across the great water…The men have long and sharp knives‚ and they have long black tubes which they point at birds and animals. The tubes make a smoke that rises into the air just like the
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The resulting colonies were unique in that New France had the fur trade‚ New Netherlands had war with neighboring Indians‚ New England had community formation as they followed Protestant principles‚ and New Spain had introduced diseases to America. Jacques Cartier took the St. Lawrence River to France back in the 1530s‚ but for 75 years it grew weak until Samuel de Champlain returned there in 1608 and formed the fur trade in Quebec. The newly founded New Netherland in 1621 also went into fur trading
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worldview believe that a sickness or misfortune is caused on a person because of an angry or malevolent spirit. Furthermore‚ he says that some people believe in going to the spirit world and becoming a spiritual guardian‚ such as the people of the Ojibwa. Additionally Serpell talks about how animals were seen as helpers and healer. For example he states that in the Christian era‚ it was believed that dogs could heal injuries or sores by touching or licking them and states that these views are part
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responsibility to raise her siblings‚ which halted her musical career. Years later‚ she decided to begin performing again and even moved to Nashville where she recorded a couple of songs. In 1991 she changed her name to Shania (meaning "I’m on my way" in Ojibwa‚ it was the name of a co-worker)‚ and signed a contract with Mercury
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When most people think of a national park they think of Yellowstone or Yosemite or the Grand Canyon but what they should think of is the Isle Royale National Park. The reason is because the Isle Royale is what a national park should be which is wild‚ rugged‚ and buffered from the outside world. The Isle Royale lies in northwest Lake Superior and although its only just 18 miles of water that separate the island from its nearest mainland shore of the Minnesota-Ontario border‚ it is considered part
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The beaver cap represents; indigenous people of north America and their culture. The cap was found in Weagamow Lake Ontario‚ Canada before 1959. It was made by Northern Ojibwa by making it in medium size using; beaver fur‚ cloth and depilated skin. The dimensions are 16x25 cm and currently placed in Daphne Cockwell Gallery of Canada-first people. Every historic object has a story and so this beaver cap. Indigenous people of North America were hunters. They just not hunted at will for food but also
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Micro theme 3 In The Birchbark House‚ three characters had died. There was the visitor‚ a white man‚ Ten Snow‚ Omakayas’ friend‚ and Neewo‚ Omakayas’ youngest brother. In Waterlily‚ Gloku‚ Waterlily’s grandmother‚ dies as well as Sacred Horse‚ Waterlily’s husband. It all started in the beginning to middle of winter when the characters in The Birchbark House started dying off. One day‚ after the first snow and the lake had frozen over‚ a group of men dragged their sled of furs from the mainland
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Diversity. Perspective. Culture. These are some of the many aspects of society that initiate progress around the world. Distinct and diverse ideas that are communicated through interaction and exploration are what allow the populace to create unique thoughts and philosophies. Many believe that to achieve progress‚ homogeneity should be embraced to achieve greater progress. However‚ for society to globally experience the benefit of progress‚ people must be able to freely explore‚ exhibit and build
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