From the Barren Lands
eBook - ePub

From the Barren Lands

Fur Trade, First Nations, and a Life in Northern Canada

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

From the Barren Lands

Fur Trade, First Nations, and a Life in Northern Canada

About this book

This is a story about the fur trade and First Nations, and the development of northern Canada, seen and experienced not only through Leonard Flett's eyes, but also through the eyes of his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.The lives of indigenous people in remote areas of northern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan in the 1960s and 1970s are examined in detail. Flett's successful career with both the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company provides an insight into the dying days of the fur trade and the rise of a new retail business tailored to First Nations.

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Born on the Barrens
  3. Historical Background
  4. Our Stories Merge
  5. The Cree Side of the Family
  6. Leonard George Flett
  7. Fur Trade Redux
  8. Learning to be More than Just A Boss
  9. Moving On Up
  10. The Corporate Ladder
  11. Conclusion
  12. Epilogue
  13. APPENDIX
  14. INDEX