Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 3
6. French Canadians and the Fur Economy
7. To Be French Canadian 13
8. Facilitating the Overland Crossings 23
9. Driving the Fur Economy 52
10. Deciding Whether to Go or to Stay 76
11. French Canadians, Indigenous Women, and Family Life in the Fur Economy
12. Taking Indigenous Women Seriously 107
13. Innovating Family Life 143
14. Initiating Permanent Settlement 167
15. Saving British Columbia for Canada 193
16. Beyond the Fur Economy
17. Negotiating Changing Times 221
18. Enabling Sons and Daughters 258
19. To Be French Canadian and Indigenous 290
20. Reclaiming the Past 318
21. French Canadians Arrived with the Fur Economy Who Figure in the Text 337
22. Notes 368
23. Works Cited 404
24. Index 431