Dakota Trading

The most common way of trade for the Dakota Indians was the fur trade. The Indians would trade the furs from the animals that they trapped to the European traders in exchange for many European products such as guns, metal tools and cloth. A common place for the Indians to trade their goods was a trading post. Here, the Indians would trade their furs to the European traders and the European traders would then make the furs into popular objects such as hats. The fur trade started out very successful but it ended up in a war because the Europeans were taking over North American lands and the Indians did not want this.

Works Cited

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