“trading dynasties"

Peterson (1981:158) provides examples of what she typifies as three patterns of marriage
among Great Lakes métis trade families: 1) a son first entered into a short-term “country” marriage
with a native woman to ensure the trust of her band; 2) this was usually followed by a permanent
second marriage to a prominent métis or French-Canadian creole woman of another trading family,
and; 3) métis daughters generally married other métis or if members of the elite, to incoming
Europeans. Such patterns resulted in what Peterson calls “trading dynasties"

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