{"product_id":"muskekowuck-athinuwick-original-people-of-the-great-swampy-land-9780887556517","title":"Muskekowuck Athinuwick: Original People of the Great Swampy Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe original people of the Hudson Bay lowlands, often known as the Lowland Cree and known to themselves as Muskekowuck Athinuwick, were among the first Aboriginal peoples in northwestern North America to come into contact with Europeans. \u003cem\u003eMuskekowuck Athinuwick\u003c\/em\u003e challenges long-held misconceptions about the Lowland Cree and illustrates how historians have often misunderstood the role and resourcefulness of Aboriginal peoples during the fur-trade era. Although their own oral histories tell that the Lowland Cree have lived in the region for thousands of years, many historians have portrayed the Lowland Cree as relative newcomers who were dependent on the Hudson's Bay Company fur-traders by the 1700s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMuskekowuck Athinuwick\u003c\/em\u003e, historical geographer Victor Lytwyn shows instead that the Lowland Cree had a well-established traditional society that, far from being dependent on Europeans, was instrumental in the survival of traders throughout the network of HBC forts during the 18th and 19th centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Manitoba Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780887556517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Victor P. Lytwyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085503230133,"sku":"9780887556517","price":24.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1cbe9291-0812-4d7b-ae76-debd48d7dd7d.jpg?v=1765294361","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/muskekowuck-athinuwick-original-people-of-the-great-swampy-land-9780887556517","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}