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Beaver Pelt
1900s
Omàmiwininì Pimàdjwowin, Pikwàkanagàn, ON


Credits:
Omàmiwininì Pimàdjwowin
Champlain Trail Museum and Pioneer Village

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BEAVER WARS:
In the period from around 1640 until the end of the 17th century, a period which is known as the Iroquoian or Beaver Wars, epidemics of new diseases and warfare between the Iroquois and our allied forces resulted in a huge loss of life, many adoptions or alliances, and relocations. Many of us, along with Nipissings and Huron, moved closer the French settlements at Trois Riviers, Sillery, Quebec City and Montreal.

At the end of the 17th century, the Iroquois occupied only the eastern edge of Ontario seasonally, having been driven out by the Ojibwa-speaking Chippewa or Mississauga; we occupied the rest of the Ottawa River watershed through the 18th century.