The fur trade played a large role in shaping early North American economies and cultures. The North American fur trade was a key economic and cultural system linking Indigenous and European peoples, ...

That’s what author and illustrator Carl Gawboy wrote next to a hand-drawn map of Minnesota in his book “Fur Trade Nation: An Ojibwe’s Graphic History.” Gawboy’s pen-and-ink drawing shows the state ...

Furs settle the New World. "As fine a river as can be found" ; The precious beaver ; New Amsterdam rising ; "The Bible and the beaver" -- Clash of empires. Competition, conflict, and chicanery ; "Many ...