Social Terms Jan-Feb
Ethnocentric
believing one’s own culture and way of life is better than other cultures
barter
to trade goods rather than pay money
First Nations
Canada’s indigenous people
merchants
a financer, organizer in the fur trade
coureur de bois
a Canadien trader who lived among First Nations to trade furs
voyageurs
A Canadien or Métis employee of the North West Company who paddled York Boats back and forth from Montreal to the West
York Boat
a large canoe-like boat used to transport furs and supplies to and from the Hudson Bay or from Montreal to the West
portage
to carry a boat between two water ways
stockade
a wooden barrier
Jean Talon
First intendant of new france
Métis
Offspring of europeans and first nations
Point of view
A person's view of life