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Trading chiefs were a common feature of the northern fur trade era. The arrival
of fur trading firms such as the North West and the Hudson's Bay Companies meant
that European goods would be directly available to northwestern Aboriginal populations.
Aboriginal groups followed their best negotiators to act as liaisons with the
trading companies. These trading chiefs were accorded special treatment by the
fur traders, often receiving an abundance of goods as a show of respect for the
chief's position within the band. In this section you'll find information on Bear
Lake Chief, the most famous of the Dogrib trading chiefs, and on Matonabbee, Akaitcho
and Barbue, who represented bands from the Chipewyan, Yellowknives and Gwich'in,
respectively.
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Inside the Hudson's Bay Co. post at Fort Resolution (NWT Archives/N-1981-001-0078)
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