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  2. Timeline of First Nations history - Wikipedia

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    40,000 BP The earliest record of Rangifer tarandus caribou [4] (which includes five subspecies:boreal woodland caribou, barren-ground caribou) in North America . is from a 1.6 million year old tooth found in the Yukon Territory; other early records include 45,500-year-old cranial fragment from the Yukon and a 40,600-year-old antler from Quebec (Gordon 2003).

  3. Bundian Way - Wikipedia

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    The Bundian Way is an ancient Aboriginal route that traversed the land between Targangal (Mount Kosciuszko) and the coast at Bilgalera (Twofold Bay, Eden).At the time of its heritage listing, the Bundian Way had been recently surveyed and researched by the Eden Aboriginal Land Council and John Blay who have identified the extent of the 265-kilometre (165 mi) route.

  4. Native American trade - Wikipedia

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    In turn, Native American demand influenced the trade of goods brought by Europeans. Economic contact between Native Americans and European colonists began in the early stages of European settlement. [1] From the 17th century to the 19th century, the English and French mainly traded for animal pelts and fur with Native Americans. [2]

  5. History of Indigenous Australians - Wikipedia

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    Aboriginal Australians along the coast and rivers were also expert fishermen. Some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people relied on the dingo as a companion animal, using it to assist with hunting and for warmth on cold nights. Aboriginal women's implements, including a coolamon lined with paperbark and a digging stick. This woven basket ...

  6. Great Plains First Nations trading networks - Wikipedia

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    North West Company trade gun. Horseback Bison hunt. European demand for fur transformed the economic relations of the Great Plains First Nations from a subsistence economy to an economy largely influenced by market forces, thereby increasing the occurrence of conflicts and war among the Great Plains First Nations as they struggled to control access to natural resources and trade routes. [7]

  7. History of Oceania - Wikipedia

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    The term "Aboriginal" is traditionally applied to only the indigenous inhabitants of mainland Australia and Tasmania, along with some of the adjacent islands, i.e.: the "first peoples". Indigenous Australians is an inclusive term used when referring to both Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders.

  8. Former Great Western Road Alignment, Prospect - Wikipedia

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    Aboriginal trade networks are believed to have deteriorated following European occupation. [ 1 ] Governor Arthur Phillip explored the Prospect area in 1788 south-west of the end of the headwaters of the Parramatta River and named the wide low hill Bellevue Hill (the hill is an ancient volcanic upwelling referred to as a 'Doleritic Laccolith').

  9. Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Aztec codices (singular codex) are books that were written by pre-Columbian and colonial-era Aztecs. These codices are some of the best primary sources for descriptions of Aztec culture . The pre-Columbian codices are largely pictorial; they do not contain symbols that represent spoken or written language. [ 189 ]