Indigenous peoples of New France

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The Indigenous peoples of New France were the diverse First Nations and Inuit communities who inhabited the regions colonized by France in North America, playing central roles in its trade, diplomacy, and cultural exchange.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations and Inuit communities ⓘ
Indigenous peoples ⓘ
historical population ⓘ
affectedBy Seven Years' War ⓘ
Treaty of Paris 1763 ⓘ
epidemic diseases introduced by Europeans ⓘ
conflictedWith British colonists ⓘ
Haudenosaunee Confederacy ⓘ
countryOfColonialContext Kingdom of France ⓘ
culturalContribution canoe technology ⓘ
fur trade routes ⓘ
knowledge of North American geography ⓘ
place names in French Canada ⓘ
snowshoe technology ⓘ
ethnicGroupIncludes Abenaki ⓘ
Abitibi ⓘ
Algonquin ⓘ
Anishinaabe peoples ⓘ
linked to: Anishinabek

Assiniboine ⓘ
Cree ⓘ
Huron-Wendat ⓘ
linked to: Wyandot

Illinois Confederation ⓘ
Innu ⓘ
Inuit ⓘ
Maliseet ⓘ
Mi'kmaq ⓘ
linked to: Mi’kmaq

Montagnais ⓘ
Neutral Nation ⓘ
Nipissing ⓘ
Odawa ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
Petun ⓘ
Saulteaux ⓘ
formedAllianceWith Abenaki Nation ⓘ
linked to: Abenaki

French colonial authorities ⓘ
Huron-Wendat Confederacy ⓘ
Mi'kmaq Nation ⓘ
linked to: Mi’kmaq
interactedWith French colonists ⓘ
French fur traders ⓘ
French missionaries ⓘ
languageFamilyIncludes Algonquian languages ⓘ
Inuit languages ⓘ
Iroquoian languages ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1763 Indigenous peoples under British colonial rule in North America ⓘ
locatedIn New France ⓘ
North America ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
fur trapping ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
playedRoleIn cultural exchange in New France ⓘ
diplomacy in New France ⓘ
fur trade in New France ⓘ
religion Indigenous spiritual traditions ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giuseppe Bressani → wroteAbout → Indigenous peoples of New France ⓘ
subject linked to: Father Giuseppe Bressani
Battle of the Restigouche → belligerent → Mi'kmaq allies of France ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of New France
First voyage to North America (1534) → metWith → Indigenous peoples of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence region ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of New France
Kittanning Expedition → opponentAlliance → Lenape allied with New France ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of New France
Sébastien Rale → missionaryTo → Indigenous peoples of New France ⓘ
Battle of Ogoula Tchetoka → opponent → French-allied Native Americans ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of New France