The second supporting question, “What was the cultural and economic impact of the fur trade on the nations involved (including Native Americans, Europeans, and Americans)?” helps students use sources to unwrap the context of the time and topic being examined. Complete the following task using the sources provided and additional library and internet resources to build a context of the time period and topic being examined.
Formative Performance Task 2
Write a timeline that shows how the end of the fur trade era overlapped with the beginning of the reservation era. What were some of the experiences Poor Wolf saw in his lifetime?
Featured Sources 2
Featured sources A-B are a combination of primary and secondary sources.
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People of the Upper Missouri Online Exhibit The confluences of the Knife, Heart, and Missouri Rivers in North Dakota have been the home and meeting place of peoples of many cultures for thousands of years. Native American hunters once roamed the area in search of bison and other large game. This region was also a highway for native traders dealing Knife River flint, a translucent, coffee-colored stone quarried along the banks of the Knife and its tributaries to the west. This stone was widely traded throughout much of North America. Beginning about 1,000 years ago, the big-game hunting cultures were replaced by village farmers who were the ancestors of the Mandan and Hidatsa. For many generations, their villages were the focal point of an extensive trade system, which linked the largely sedentary farmers, who dealt in corn and other garden produce, with migratory tribes who dealt in weaponry, clothing, exotic raw materials, and ornaments. |