How did the fur trade in colonial North America influence native societies?
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While Native Americans were skilled traders, they thought of the process in a much different way than did their European counterparts.
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European economic rules did not apply to Native trade. Native Americans failed to understand the European concept of property, and Europeans failed to understand the Native concept of property and possession.