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The Fur Trade, Indian Land and the Need to Define Adequate "Environmental" Parameters

Thomas, Peter A.·1981·Ethnohistory
DOI 10.2307/481138
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There is an interpretation repeated frequently in historical studies of Northeastern Indian-White relations which emphasizes native over-exploitation of fur-bearing species and the encroachment of Europeans onto Indian horticultural lands as prime factors in the disintegration of Native American cultures. Was over-exploitation that significant in the collapse of the Indian-European trade? Was the incorporation of native lands into colonial towns of clear advantage only to White settlers? Data relating to the middle Connecticut River Valley, which cover the period from 1650 to 1670, indicate that a reinterpretation is needed. Social and political factors developed from ethnohistorical reconstruction clearly counter-balance the earlier emphasis on ecological constraints.

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Authors
Thomas, P. A.
Corresponding author
Thomas, Peter A.
Venue
Ethnohistory
Publisher
JSTOR
Published
1981
Volume
28
Issue
4
Pages
359
ISSN
0014-1801 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/481138
OpenAlex
W2319348686
Cited by
9
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3
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Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Ethnohistory (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Indigenous Cultures and History
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Colonialism, slavery, and trade
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › American Environmental and Regional History
Keywords
fur trade, Native American-European relations, Indian lands, colonial settlement, Connecticut Valley, environmental history, Native American culture, colonial New England, 17th century

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Thomas, P. A. (1981). The Fur Trade, Indian Land and the Need to Define Adequate "Environmental" Parameters. Ethnohistory. https://doi.org/10.2307/481138