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Territorial expansion of the Chipewyan in the 18th centuryessay 1975 • Gillespie, Beryl C.
Chipewyans • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This paper, based on secondary material, attempts to disprove the generally held belief maintained by historians and ethnologists that the Cree Indians were the aggressors toward their Athapaskan neighbors in the latter part of the 18th and early 19t...Changes in territory and technology of the Chipewyanarticle 1976 • Gillespie, Beryl C.
Chipewyans • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
In this short article, Gillepsie examines the new technologies the Chipewyan adopted as they moved into the boreal forest to harvest fur-bearing animals for the fur trade. European traders taught them to shoot rifles, set traps, and treat furs. The C...