The Assiniboine and western Cree Indians of the southern prairies were active in the fur trade for more than two centuries. Indians in the Fur Trade examines their work as hunters, trappers and middlemen from 1660 to 1870. Using maps, diagrams, Hudson's Bay Company and other archival materials, Arthur Ray reconstructs the cultural geography of the west and illustrates the rapid cultural transformations native people underwent. | Indians in the Fur Trade by Arthur Ray, Paperback | Indigo Chapters