In order for students to understand the impact of the
fur trade upon Aboriginal Peoples, the creation of a time line makes
an excellent project. It allows students to conceptualize how events
unfolded, and how little time it took for traditional lifestyles
of Aboriginal People to be damaged. To help get students started, provide
a time line sheet with a few events already added to act as a guideline.
Students can then research corresponding dates and events via the Origin
and Settlement Edukit Student Zone, the Internet and textbook. Students
should be permitted to include more than one event per time if they
find it important.
Lesson
Prior to the fur trade the following Aboriginal groups
resided in Alberta
- Blackfoot
- Blood
- Peigan
- Gros Ventre
- Shoshoni
- Kootenay
- Crow
- Sarcee
- Beaver
- Slavey
- Cree
- Chipewyans
Students should have the choice of researching one
of these groups and determining how the fur trade era effected that
particular group, and then pay attention to the following questions
- Did your group sign a treaty? If so, which one?
- What area of the province did they typically reside
in?
- In what ways did your group adapt to the fur trade
and the loss of buffalo as the main food source?
- Describe some element of culture surrounding your
group.
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