Reflection: True Trader

Angulalik was a true trader.

Scotty Gall ( HBC employee who supplied goods to Angulalik’s trading post at Perry River)

Write this quote on the board and ask the students to reflect on why Angulalik was considered a “true trader”.  What exactly makes a fur trader a “true trader”?

You can also listen to Scotty Gall on the site by going to:

www.kitikmeotheritage.ca/Angulalk/hudsons/scottyg/scotty.htm

Here are some ideas:

• He was very honest.
• He was Inuk.
• He had years of experience as a trapper himself.
• He was well respected by his community.
• He was a very good trader and business man.
• He continued to hunt and trap with his eldest wife, trusting someone else to manage the trading post (this was very rare for a trading post operator to do).
• He understood both perspectives of the business.

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