Foreword / W.L. Morton -- Introduction / Carol M. Judd and Arthur J. Ray -- Indian maps / G. Malcolm Lewis -- Hudson's Bay Company mapping / Richard I. Ruggles -- The fur trade and the Cree of James Bay / Toby Morantz -- French attitudes towards native society / Cornelius Jaenen -- Subarctic Indians and wildlife / Calvin Martin -- The Iroquois and the fur trade in western Canada / Trudy Nicks -- Orkneymen in the HBC 1780-1821 / John Nicks -- 'Mixt bands of many nations': 1821-70 / Carol M. Judd -- Linguistic solitudes and changing social categories / Jennifer S.H. Brown -- Fur trade social history: some recent trends / Sylvia Van Kirk -- Angus Bethune / Hilary Russell -- Kwah: a Carrier chief / Charles A. Bishop -- Wrangel and Simpson / Stephen M. Johnson -- The Russian fur trade / James R. Gibson -- Outfitting New Caledonia 1821-58 / Mary Cullen -- Indians as consumers in the eighteenth century / Arthur J. Ray -- Agriculture and the fur trade / D.W. Moodie -- Innis, the fur trade, and modern economic problems / Irene M. Spry -- Old trails and new directions / Glyndwr Williams
Summary
Nineteen papers covering maps, native societies, social history, personalities, the Pacific Coast and economic aspects of the North American fur trade
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-337)