In 1670. Charles gave the Hudson's Bay trading company a over 1 million sq miles St. Rupert's Land which was to become , and was occupied by the First Nations and Inuit. At the 1970 celebration, the directors of the HBC bring the Queen two elks and two black beaver to pay the " It is a symbolic, but ludicrous ceremony. This was an incredible , which resulted in misery. deprivation and of Canada's indigenous peoples The King of England, with a few words. gave a great portion of Canada to a handful of Englishmen and in this giveaway he also included the indigenous who lived in this territory - and First Nations and Inuit people had no say whatsoever in this arrangement. In the past 300 years. the history of Canada has been written by the , who talks abou1 the generosity of the trader and benefits brought by the Hudson Bay Company. When the white man came to North America, they were helped by nomadic peoples. who were living off the land by . Land was unknown. White trappers looking for beaver had immense power and superiority, when they brought tools traps and rifles. The rifle revolutionized their of life and old hunting methods were abandoned. The white man became the sole supplier of tools and weapons through the Hudson Bay Company. A beaver could be sold for a yard of flannel, a brass kettle. or 4 spoons. Markups were 300 to 2000 Governors lived in the of English gentry and amassed personal In 1850, the HBC shipped pounds of furs. On the other hand, 19th century trading