evidence against FN being mesmerized into subordinates by newcomers

FN were highly adapted to their environment and had strong cultures
1. Europeans recognized FN as skilled craftsmen, healthy and frugal
2. already had strong trading routes - saw Europeans as trade partners
  1. skilled traders
    1. Europeans used alcohol to gain trading advantage
  2. expected and recognized good quality
3. looked poorly on European culture
  1. continued to struggle to preserve wilderness
  2. resistance to Christianity and European way of life
  3. FN who converted mixed in old cultural vies and did not follow Faith devotedly
  4. FN felt they were morally superior
4. Many Europeans questioned whether FN had a superior culture
  1. many pushed for more egalitarian practices
5. Europeans needed FN to teach survival skills
  1. scurvy
  2. what foods to grow/gather
  3. what animals to hunt
  4. transportation
  5. clothing
6. FN indespensable to fur trade in the beginning
Iroquois were a serious military threat
1. Extra support was required from France to defend against them
2. profits of fur trade collapsed after attacks on flotillas
subordination occurred over time
1. disease wiping out populations/elders
2. decrease in fur bearing animals
3. conflicts and rifts in tribes through conversion
4. gradual dependence on European products
  1. decrease in animals for food
  2. resource depletion
5. discrimination/extermination/dispersal practice of Europeans
6. increased tribal conflict
  1. decreased land
  2. fur trade competition
7. Europeans undermining trading partnerships/middlemen
  1. setting up interior trade directly with trappers

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