The Kauri Trade

Long before European fur traders established their commerce on the North American continent, the fur trade had a long lucrative history that impacted native Americans and their modes of life. As a desirable and profitable good, fur was sought to “be the most valuable single item of trade.” Soon, a competitive market trade ground for fur emerged and the fur trade changed how Indian tribes adapted from their previous habitats: they were the primary manufacturers. Eric Wolf then discusses the consequences of the fur trade for different groups of Native American tribes both on the concepts of dependency and on the levels of how social economic relationships are changed. To support his claims, I will compare and contrast the experiences of the Abenaki

Analyze the role of slavery and Triangular trade in the Colonial mercantile structure and for the primitive accumulation of Capital that allowed the take off of Capitalism?

The historical information regarding the Kiowa people reflects on the mythological and culture of the Kiowa people. It sets the tone of identifying the strengths of the tribe, practices and ideas that developed within the tribe. It also shows a relation of the Kiowa people to nature, other mythical creatures and how the culture came into existence. It also shows what made the culture of so much importance to those who practiced it and in what context they felt that they were able to

Since their purchase by the Japanese government from their private owners in September 2012, the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands have been a topic of protest and discontent in the East China Sea and its surrounding area. While current conflicts have arisen because of skirmishes with patrol boats and sightings of Chinese drones flying over the islands, disputes over sovereignty of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands have existed since the cession of Chinese territory in the Treaty of Shimonoseki following China’s defeat in the Sino-Japanese War. Original ownership of the islands was never officially settled between China and Japan, but after the establishment of several more international treaties in the twentieth century, jurisdiction over the islands became unclear and practically undeterminable. While conflicts were set aside during the latter half of the twentieth century in order to improve Sino-Japanese relationships, the purchase of the islands and military activity renewed tensions between the two nations. Present-day territorial disputes over the sovereignty of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands are a result of the multiple cessions and reversions of control in twentieth century treaty laws between China and Japan.

In this chapter Jared Diamond describes how two societies the Maori and the Moriori were almost whipped out by the environment and in some cases each other. These two societies had some of the same ancestors but the Maori were way more developed than the Moriori. In the chapter Diamond explains how they were separated but developed in opposite directions. Diamond then goes on to explaining how the islands these societies lived on were different from each either. The next main point of this chapter was how population and politics were worked out on these islands. It is shown how many people lived on each island from populations as little as 5 people per square mile to 1,100 people per square mile. Diamonds last topic explains how both of these societies needed to advance their tools in order to survive the conditions they lived in.

The song that I chose to write about is “‘Ka Moa`e” and it means “The

In the 1800s the fur trade had a great impact on the lifestyle of the Cree Indians, both economically and culturally. The fur trade helped the Natives make an income and obtain goods they could not get before. However great the impact of the fur trading was on their economy, the decline in fur bearing animals had a devastating effect on their culture. It can therefore be said that although the fur trade had a positive short term impact on the Cree Indian’s economy, in the long term, the cultural ways of living that were adapted and lost impacted them negatively.

In early Hawaiian life, Kalo was used as offerings to the Gods. It was only to be eaten by the Ali’i or used as medicinal purposes in healing. Kalo farming developed into a sophisticated system in Hawai`i. According to HawaiiHistory.org, “Hawaiian planters cultivated approximately 300 varieties of taro in ancient times, most of them distinguished by colors in different parts of the leaf and adapted to specific growing conditions and locales.” (para 3). Hawaiians planted Kalo in marshes near the mouths of the rivers, and over the years, there was an expansion of Kalo lo’i. There was soon a declination in Kalo

Hickerson (1973) stated that “trade had the twin functions of providing communities with useful goods that they lacked and of reinforcing social and territorial relations among neighboring groups” (p. 19). Essentially, Indigenous communities exchanged their surplus goods for the surplus goods of another

These two different tribes are has something’s in common when it come to their economy. The both has a woman that takes of the house. The women make sure that the men and the kids eat. The make sure the house is up to part. They also do little sides jobs, such as gardening. They both does trading. When they trade with someone, they trade to benefit them. For example Yanomamo trades for cotton. They do this because cotton could do multiple thins, such as clothing, warmth, and bedding. This benefit them a lot. Hawaiians trades in benefit also. They trade with food to keep the people from starving. The way they are living is the same also. Both of the tribes like to go fishing. Fishing is the main things these two tribes likes to do. Another

The Moriori and the Maori people developed differently due to environmental differences. Although the Maori people were originally farmers, their cold crops could not grow in the cold climate of the Chathams. This caused them to resort to hunting/gathering. While this got them by, they weren’t able to bring in the mass amount of crops needed to support the other nonhunting craft specialists. Their prey did not require elaborate machines, so they just used traditional hunting methods. Also, they were a small island with no easily accessible neighboring islands, so they did not colonize and they learned to get along with each

Before the age of exploration, spices changed hands many times on their way to Europe-

The arrival of the Europeans caused many changes to the Māori society between 1642 and prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Europeans brought with them many things to trade; however, they contributed to fatal impact in New Zealand as they brought with them weapons which killed a lot of people and enslaved many more as more and more Māori competed for weapons. By 1830 the Māori had learnt a lot about the world. They had learnt the skills of trade with Europeans and the Māori had missionaries that taught them how to read, write and communicate with the outside world. New Zealand was no longer an unknown and isolated land

The Maori, “Children of Heaven”, are the indigenous people of New Zealand. It has been thought that Polynesian navigator Kupe, discovered New Zealand in 950 AD, and named the island Aotearoa, “Land of the long white cloud”.1 The Maori migrated to New Zealand from the tropical islands of

Logging tropical hardwoods like teak, mahogany, rosewood and other timber for furniture, building materials, charcoal and other wood products is big business and creates big profits. Several species of tropical hardwoods are imported by developed counties, including America, just to build coffins which are then buried or burned. The demand, extraction and consumption of tropical hardwoods has been so massive that some countries which have been traditional exporters of tropical hardwoods are now importing the wood because they have already exhausted their supply by destroying their native rainforests in slash and burn operations. It is anticipated that The Philippines, Malaysia, The Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Thailand will all run out of rainforest hardwood for export within the next five years.