Timeline
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10,000 B.C.
Ancient Blackfoot culture developing on the plains
982-1014
Norsemen set up outpost in North America and encounter Inuit, Beothuks
and Mi’kmaqs
1450
Iroquois League of Five Nations is formed uniting the Mohawk, Oneida,
Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes
1492
Christopher Columbus arrives in North America
1497
John Cabot arrives off the east coast of Canada at what is now Newfoundland
(subsequently claims this land for England)
1534-1541
Jacques Cartier explores the east coast of Canada and the St. Lawrence
River and makes contact with Algonkian and Iroquoian speaking tribes.
Reaches the present day towns of Quebec City and Montreal
1540
Horse brought to North America by the Spanish
1607
Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec City
1609
Champlain fires a gun on the Iroquois during a war party. This is
the first time they have seen a firearm. Subsequently, the Iroquois
turn on the French for decades
1611
The first Jesuit missionaries arrive at Port Royal in what is now
Nova Scotia
1670
The Hudson’s Bay Company is established and fur trading begins
1730s
The horse and gun come to the Blackfoot on the northern plains
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