Muskekowuck Athinuwick: Original People of the Great Swampy Land

The original people of the Hudson Bay lowlands, often known as the Lowland Cree and known to themselves as Muskekowuck Athinuwick, were among the first Aboriginal peoples in northwestern North America to come into contact with Europeans. This book challenges long-held misconceptions about the Lowland Cree, and illustrates how historians have often misunderstood the role and resourcefulness of Aboriginal peoples during the fur-trade era. Although their own oral histories tell that the Lowland Cree have lived in the region for thousands of years, many historians have portrayed the Lowland Cree as relative newcomers who were dependent on the Hudson's Bay Company fur-traders by the 1700s. Historical geographer Victor Lytwyn shows instead that the Lowland Cree had a well-established traditional society that, far from being dependent on Europeans, was instrumental in the survival of traders throughout the network of HBC forts during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Author: Victor P. Lytwyn
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Published: 03/06/2002
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780887556517
ISBN10: 0887556515
BISAC Categories:
- History | Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
- History | Canada | Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies