1)They commonly spent the season with

local First Nations, and eventually traders began marrying the daughters

of local First Nations families. This practice was encouraged and accepted,

as First Nations women generally had free choice in whom they were to

marry. As well as creating social connections, the marriages also firmed

loyalty and economic ties between the traders and the First Nations with

whom they worked. Also, as you have seen, First Nations women brought

valuable skills and knowledge that proved vital to the European traders

and to the fur trade itself.

2)NWC, because the Metis get a big chunk of their income from pemmican sales, which the NWC buys a lot of for their hunting travels.

3)First-Nations are Metis, but those with British and First-Nations ancestry preferred the term “Country Born”

4)The Metis spoke a variation of the French language.

5)They were the ones who actually went out to hunt the bisons, and other animals.

6)They had to use strategies and various horse riding skills to hunt these animals.

7)The women and children drove the Red River carts, that were pulled by horses and oxen and used to transport the meat. Hunters rode buffalo runners, which are fast, agile horses speacially trained for hunting.

8)Even though the Metis are technically French and First-Nations, they are more First-Nations, because they hunt a lot, but without guns, and they supply large companies instead of controling one.