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Paper abstract bibtex Marriage à la façon du pays ("according to the custom of the country") refers to the practice of common-law marriage between European fur traders and aboriginal or Métis women in the North American fur trade. Rituals surrounding them were based on a mix of European and Indigenous customs, though predominantly the latter. Canadian historian Sylvia Van Kirk calls them "the basis for a fur trade society". While the presence of women in the "factories" (i.e. trading posts) of what is now Canada had been banned by the Hudson's Bay Company as early as 1683, intermarriage was common from the start of the fur trade, and by 1739 the Company overturned its ban. The practice was both a social and a political institution, securing trade relations between Europeans and aboriginals, just as intermarriage between tribes was a political instrument of the aboriginals themselves. These marriages came with the expectation that trade between the woman's relations and the trader would be secured, and that aid would be mutually provided in times of need. It was also the hope of the woman's family that the trader's generosity would increase after the marriage took place. The marriages between these two groups would lead to the creation of the Métis people, who would be considered the offspring of the fur trade.
@misc{noauthor_marriage_2017,
title = {Marriage 'à la façon du pays'},
copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License},
url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marriage_%27%C3%A0_la_fa%C3%A7on_du_pays%27&oldid=809558779},
abstract = {Marriage à la façon du pays ("according to the custom of the country") refers to the practice of common-law marriage between European fur traders and aboriginal or Métis women in the North American fur trade. Rituals surrounding them were based on a mix of European and Indigenous customs, though predominantly the latter. Canadian historian Sylvia Van Kirk calls them "the basis for a fur trade society".
While the presence of women in the "factories" (i.e. trading posts) of what is now Canada had been banned by the Hudson's Bay Company as early as 1683, intermarriage was common from the start of the fur trade, and by 1739 the Company overturned its ban. The practice was both a social and a political institution, securing trade relations between Europeans and aboriginals, just as intermarriage between tribes was a political instrument of the aboriginals themselves. These marriages came with the expectation that trade between the woman's relations and the trader would be secured, and that aid would be mutually provided in times of need. It was also the hope of the woman's family that the trader's generosity would increase after the marriage took place. The marriages between these two groups would lead to the creation of the Métis people, who would be considered the offspring of the fur trade.},
language = {en},
urldate = {2017-11-10},
journal = {Wikipedia},
month = nov,
year = {2017},
note = {Page Version ID: 809558779},
}
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