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Money Earned after costs are subtracted is what? |
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Supply of a useful material |
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Animal skin with the fur on it |
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Place where goods and canoes had to carried over land |
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Children of mixed race such as an Ojibwe or Dakota mother and a European father |
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Person hired to help voyageurs and fur traders travel through unknown paths |
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Pelt of what animal was the most valueable in the fur trade? |
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Role of the Ojibwe and Dakota women in the fur trade was what? |
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They cleaned pelts, provided resources like wild rice and maple sugar and materials to make and repair canoes. |
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Why did the Ojibwe and Dakota want European items? |
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It made their lives easier. |
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Was the fur trade a wold wide trade or one that just helped Minnesotans? |
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Did the Fur trade the change the lives of the American Indians? |
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What was the goal of the Europeans in the fur trading business? |
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When did the French traders show up in MN? |
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Beaver pelts were used to make what? |
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Valuable felt top hats worn in Europe |
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Why did Explorers come to MN? |
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Missionaries came to MN for what reason? |
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To spread Christianity (teach about Jesus) |
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What were popular trade goods that the Dakota and Ojibwe wanted? |
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Metals like knives, guns, kettles and ax heads. Aslo beads, dyes, cloth and clothes. |
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Person who translated for people who speak a different language? |
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Workman of fur trade who canoed, chopped wood, built shelter, couldn't read or wirte and were paid very little were who? |
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Man who managed trading post, could read and write but had no hig social position? |
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Person in charge of trading post, comes from weathy family with a high social position and could read and write was who? |
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In the winter the main activity in the fur trading post was to ? |
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In the spring, the main activity of the fur trading post was to? |
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Pack and prepare the canoe to leave |
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In the summer the main activity in the trading post was the? |
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In the fall, the main activity in the tradign post was to? |
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