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About the Authors and Editors Dean L. Anderson is the historical archaeologist at the Bureau of Michigan History. A recent recipient of a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Michigan State University, his main research interests are the archaeology and ethnohistory of the historical period in the Great Lakes region. His recent work focuses on the interaction between Native peoples and Europeans revealed in the documentary and archaeological records for the French-period fur trade. Dennis M. Au served as Project Director of the Sixth North American Fur Trade Conference beginning with the call for papers in 1989 until the publication of The Fur Trade Revisited. Au holds an M.A.. in History Museum Studies from the State University of New York's Cooperstown Graduate Programs. He has organized a successful series of international symposia on the War of 1812. Au also has published on the fur trade in the lower Great Lakes and FrenchCanadian folklife in the American Midwest. Douglas A. Birk is a Senior Research Archaeologist with the Institute for Minnesota Archaeology. His research interests focus on the development and interrelationship of human and natural environments in the western Great Lakes. He has done extensive work on various aspects of the fur trade, including field investigations at Fort Charlotte, Sayer's Post, Fort st. Charles, and a 1750s French colonial outpost (Site 21M020) on the Mississippi River in central Minnesota. Dr. Michael Blanar is professor of English at Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, specializing in eighteenth-century travel literature. He is completing work on a new edition of John Long's Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, and is preparing a book of pre-1800 views of England by both Euro-Canadian and Aboriginal travellers. Jennifer S. H. Brown is professor of history at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago. Her books include Strangers in Blood: Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country and The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Metis in North America (coedited with Jacqueline Peterson). She has also published widely on fur trade and mission history and on subarctic Ojibwa and Cree history and culture. 501 THE FUR TRADE REVISITED Bradford R. Cole is Keeper of Manuscripts in the Department of Special Collections, Merrill Library, Utah State University. He has also worked as an archaeologist, historian, and as a ranger for the National Park Service. Cole's interest include Fort Hall and the fur trade of the intermountain region, Western fur trade bibliography, and historic and archaeological site surveys. Heather Devine is an independent cultural heritage consultant. She holds an advanced degree in secondary education (Educational Media) and is currently a doctoral student in history at the University of Alberta. She has published and presented numerous articles on curriculum development in archaeology, Native history, and heritage interpretation. Her current research interests include Metis and fur trade ethnohistory, cultural resource management, and archival studies. Harry W. Duckworth is professor of chemistry at the University of Manitoba. Inspired by the presence in his home city, Winnipeg, of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives (the single most important source of material on the Canadian fur trade), he has researched and written several articles on this subject. James R. Duncan, in addition to being a professional archaeologist and educator , is a renowned gunsmith specializing in the replication and restoration of historic firearms. He has published on the fur trade, trapping, pioneer skills, Native American culture, and historic guns. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife, Carol, also a professional archaeologist. W. J. Eccles, Professor Emeritus of history at the University of Toronto, received his Ph.D. from McGill University after pursuing his graduate studies at the Sorbonne. His books and articles on New France earned him several fellowships and awards, as well as appointments as visiting professor. He was awarded the Tyrrell Medal by the Royal Society of Canada in 1979 and the Ll.D., in honoris causa by the University of Genoa in 1992. Peter Geller is ,currently finishing his doctorate in history at Carleton University, Ottawa. He wrote his Master's thesis at the University of Winnipeg on Hudson's Bay Company public relations and images of the fur trade, 19201945 . Geller's interests lie in the area of Canadian cultural history, with a focus on visual representation, especially as it relates to views and attitudes of the Canadian North. Rhoda R. Gilman retired in 1992 after 34 years with the...

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