My First Years in the Fur Trade
The Journals of 1802-1804
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2002
- Category
- General, Expeditions & Discoveries
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773570290
- Publish Date
- Jan 2002
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
Captivated by tales of adventure, fifteen-year-old George Nelson left his family in Quebec in 1802 and headed to the Northwest Territory to work for Sir Alexander Mackenzie's XY Company, one of the major fur trade companies of the time. Required to keep a daily log as a fur trade clerk, his growth from homesick lad to experienced fur trader forms the heart of this unique and fascinating journal. He recorded his feelings and thoughts, and was a vital witness to all that went on around him. Nelson's journals are particularly valuable for their candid observations on the customs and culture of the Ojibwa people and provide some of the most detailed descriptions available of Ojibwa spiritual practices. Long treasured by fur trade historians, the early journals of George Nelson are published here in their entirety for the first time. Careful editing and annotation by Laura Peers and Theresa Schenck explain references to people and Ojibwa culture and provide context on the North American fur trade.
About the authors
Laura Peers is interested in the meanings that heritage objects hold for Indigenous peoples today and in relationships between museums and Indigenous peoples. Her publications include Museums and Source Communities (with Alison K. Brown), “Ceremonies of Renewal: Visits, Relationships and Healing in the Museum Space,” and This Is Our Life: Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice (with Cara Krmpotich).
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Object Lives and Global Histories in Northern North America
Material Culture in Motion, c.1780 - 1980
Visiting With the Ancestors
Blackfoot Shirts in Museum Spaces
This Is Our Life
Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice
Gathering Places
Aboriginal and Fur Trade Histories
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Photographs and Histories from the Kainai Nation
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Photographs and Histories from the Kainai Nation
