Five Social Problems Originating from the French & British Fur Trade as Expressed in the Dakota of Minnesota

Location

CSU 202

Start Date

23-4-2007 10:00 AM

End Date

23-4-2007 12:00 PM

Student's Major

Anthropology

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Ronald Schirmer

Mentor's Department

Anthropology

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

Fur trade policies of the French and British from 1660 until 1816 had significant impacts on indigenous cultures such as the Dakota. However, the current literature pertaining to the fur trade offers only a limited amount of information about Dakota interrelations with the French and British. A review of the current literature and interviews with professional researchers in this area yielded five reoccurring themes relating to cultural impacts: materialism, intermarriage, substance abuse, language and environmental degradation. Focusing on these impacts can help provide a better understand the complex issues relating to Native/ European interaction and acculturation processes.

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Five Social Problems Originating from the French & British Fur Trade as Expressed in the Dakota of Minnesota

CSU 202

Fur trade policies of the French and British from 1660 until 1816 had significant impacts on indigenous cultures such as the Dakota. However, the current literature pertaining to the fur trade offers only a limited amount of information about Dakota interrelations with the French and British. A review of the current literature and interviews with professional researchers in this area yielded five reoccurring themes relating to cultural impacts: materialism, intermarriage, substance abuse, language and environmental degradation. Focusing on these impacts can help provide a better understand the complex issues relating to Native/ European interaction and acculturation processes.

Recommended Citation

Brand, Jeff. "Five Social Problems Originating from the French & British Fur Trade as Expressed in the Dakota of Minnesota." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 23, 2007.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2007/oral-session-03/3