Hivernants
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title:
Hivernants
text:
Hivernants were used during the North American fur trade to describe Métis who spent the winter months hunting and trapping on the Canadian prairies where they built small temporary villages. The word is French for "winterer". "Hiverner" the verb means to overwinter. The hivernants were active in hunting buffalo (bison) during the cold-weather season when the bison's hair was thick enough for the production of buffalo robes. This was as opposed to the summer hunt, which was primarily aimed at ha
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hivernants
date created:
2005-03-24T04:34:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T01:04:25Z
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