The Fur Trade

In this episode, Leigh Langford and Kayla Wilcox talk about the fur trade which is often associated with the colonial phase in our nation’s history. The conversation touches upon the exploitation of furry mammals and how that related to economic development. It also explores other side effects both past and present from those early impacts.

Cited Sources:

Gilman, Carolyn. Where Two worlds meet: The great lakes fur trade. Minnesota Historical Society, 1982.

Dolin, Eric Jay. Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The epic history of the Fur Trade in America. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2011.

Newman, Peter Charles. Empire of the Bay: The company of adventurers that seized a continent. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2000.

https://www.mnhs.org/fortsnelling/learn/fur-trade

https://wolfpatrol.org/2023/04/23/an-indigenous-perspective-on-the-fur-trade-trapping/

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/furbearers-07-13-2017.php

https://www.hsi.org/news-resources/fur-trade/