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Rainy River sturgeon: an Ojibway resource in the fur trade economy
Canadian geographer • 32 (3) • Published In 1988 • Pages: 194-205
By: Holzkamm, Tim E., Lytwyn, Victor P., Waisberg, Leo G..
Abstract
This work discusses the significance to the Ojibwa of sturgeon fisheries, not only in providing a source of food, but as a component in trade relations with native peoples in the northwestern interior of North America and with European trading companies (e.g., the Hudson Bay Company). The author notes that sturgeon also provided the Ojibwa with a substance called isinglass, a marketable commodity obtained from the air bladders of the sturgeon, with particular value in European trade. 'During the fur trade period the sturgeon fishery was a highly productive industry, characterized by a sustained annual yield. With the advent on non-native commerdial fisheries in the region, production increased beyond the level of sustained yield. The resource was virtually destroyed by the early 20th century' (p. 194).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 'traditional' to ca. 1850
- Coverage Place
- Central Ojibwa: Rainy River area, Minnesota, United States; Ontario
- Notes
- Tim E. Holzkamm ; Victor P. Lytwyn ; Leo G. Waisberg
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-205)
- LCCN
- 55025596
- LCSH
- Ojibwa Indians