Economy+and+Trade

==== The Mohawk People internally traded most of the time. They traded excess corn and tobacco for the pelts from the tribes to the north and the [|wampum] from the tribes to the east. The Mohawk People used present giving more often than any other mode of exchange. The exchange would begin with one clan giving another tribe or clan a present with the expectation of some sort of needed commodity being given in return. The arrival of Europeans created the opportunity for greatly expanded trade. Furs were in demand in Europe, and they could be acquired cheaply from Indians in exchange for manufactured goods The Mohawk People could not make themselves. The Mohawk People also traded for alcohol, a substance they did not have before the arrival of Europeans. This had would have a very negative impact on Iroquois society. ====

==== Many Mohawk People have been fully integrated into the surrounding Western economy of U.S.A and Canada. For others their economic involvement is more isolated in the reservation. Whether directly involved in the outside economy or not, most of the Mohawk People economy is now greatly influenced by national and world economies. ==== This is the Fur Trade.