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The Fur Trades Impact on Native Life Much has been written about the Fur trade. It is often agreed by historians that its development resulted in a major commercial activity that sustained the colonies in North America. It helped advance North American exploration, as rival European powers looked to take advantage of newly found suppliers. Not only did traders acquire furs from the natives, they acquired valuable knowledge and skills for survival in the wilderness, and extreme whether conditions, all of which helped to sustain the development of the colonies. Ray and Van Kirk offer a different approach in the study of the fur trade. Most historians have studied the development of the fur trade with a European perspective, that being, focusing on an egocentrism point of view (Ray, 2002, p52). Both Ray and Van Kirk explore the fur trade with an emphasis on its affect on native life. They utilize...

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