FIRST OCCUPANTS

Economy and Development

Trade networks

Characteristics of trade networks economic activities practiced by Native peoples

hunting, fishing, gathering, Agriculture

Products traded between Native groups shells and stones used as tools and weapons, corn

Native trade networks the trade networks spanned the continent and were based on barter there were many intermediaries and most transportation was by

water helped form alliances between Native groups

Trade Networks

Effects of economic activities on the organization of the society and the territory

Effects on Native groups and the organization of their society

the practice of hunting led the Maliseet to adopt a nomadic lifestyle and a patriarchal structure

the practice of farming led the Huron to adopt a sedentary lifestyle and a matriarchal structure

Effects on Native groups and the organization of their territory the practice of hunting led the Maliseet to set up

temporary camps on their hunting grounds the practice of farming led the Huron to set out fields

around their villages

European fishing grounds

Fishing First economic activity that brought Europeans to the shores of North

AmericaFirst contacts

the context for the first meetings between European fishers and Amerindians fishers drying cod on the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence met Amerindian

hunters products that the Amerindians obtained from European fishers in

exchange for furs knives, pots, glass

effects of contacts with European fishers on Amerindian society and territory increased harvesting of fur-bearing animals to trade with the European fishers; circulation of European products through Amerindian trade networks

Fur Trade

Drying Cod on Shores