Fur Trade
Ilchee, A Powerful Chinook Woman
The river known to the Chinook Indians as Hyas Cooley Chuck collides with the Pacific Ocean to create the worst wave conditions on the planet. […]
Fur Trade
The Fur Trade in Northwest Montana, 1807-1835
The Indian nations living west of the Rocky Mountains in what would become northwestern Montana, started to become a part of the European economic system […]
The Fur Trade 200 Years Ago (1818)
During the first part of the nineteenth century, the fur trade continued to be an important area in the contact between American Indians and Europeans. […]
Museums 101: Trappers and Traders in the High Desert (Photo Diary)
The High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon, has a gallery which takes visitors on a journey through some of the most dramatic periods in the […]
The Fur Trade in 1816
During the first part of the nineteenth century, the fur trade continued to be one of the important economic engines in North America. Driven in […]
An Iroquois in Oregon
In 1857, Enos Thomas, whose tribal identity is simply listed as Iroquois, was transported from Fort Vancouver to Port Orford, Oregon to be tried for […]
Fort Manuel Lisa and the Indians
When the Corps of Discovery under the leadership of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis after their journey to the Pacific Ocean […]
Old Fort Benton (Photo Diary)
Fort Benton was originally established as a trading post in 1846. It traded with the Blackfoot Indians primarily for buffalo robes which were then sent […]
Natawista, a Trader’s Wife
American Indians were involved in trade for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the European and American fur traders. Traditional Indian trade was […]