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  2. Hudson's Bay point blanket - Wikipedia

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    A Hudson's Bay point blanket is a type of wool blanket traded by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in British North America, now Canada and the United States, from 1779 to present. [1] The blankets were typically traded to First Nations in exchange for beaver pelts as an important part of the North American fur trade.

  3. Capote (garment) - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Mackinaw jacket, originally made from HBC blankets, [5] serves as a functional equivalent of the Hudson's Bay Company blanket coat. [6] The Hudson's Bay blanket coat served as a template for the Mackinaw jacket. [citation needed] The English language adopted the French word capote at least as early as 1812. [7]

  4. Hudson's Bay - Wikipedia

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    Hudson's Bay Company, the oldest surviving corporation in Canada, founded in 1670 Hudson's Bay (department store), a retail subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company; Hudson's Bay point blanket wool blanket traded by the Hudson's Bay Company in exchange for beaver pelts.

  5. Button blanket - Wikipedia

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    Rather than sleeping equipment, the blankets are used as capes and gifts at ceremonial dances and potlatches. [2] The blankets were originally acquired from the Hudson's Bay Company traders during the mid-19th century. [3] The trade blankets were typically dark blue duffel and decorated with buttons made from abalone or dentalium shells. [4]

  6. Salish weaving - Wikipedia

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    In addition to these laws, colonizers also brought with them their own wool blankets, most famously the off-white Hudson's Bay Company blankets which featured red, yellow and green stripes. Because of their quick production time, these HBC blankets were as much as twenty times cheaper than the traditional Salish blankets.

  7. Hudson’s Bay Launches an Online Marketplace - AOL

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    Hudson’s Bay has transformed its e-commerce website into a marketplace format, which launches today with an assortment augmented by nearly 300 brands and many categories never before carried by ...

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