Gifts from the Thunder Beings examines North American Aboriginal peoples use of Indigenous and European distance weapons in big-game hunting and combat. Beyond the capabilities of European weapons, Aboriginal peoples ways of adapting and using this technology in combination with Indigenous weaponry contributed greatly to the impact these weapons had on Aboriginal cultures. This gradual transition took place from the beginning of the fur trade in the Hudson s Bay Company trading territory to the treaty and reserve period that began in Canada in the 1870s.
Technological change...
Gifts from the Thunder Beings examines North American Aboriginal peoples use of Indigenous and European distance weapons in big-game hunting...
