I believe that First Nations actually had conflicts with Europeans due to overhunting of animals, especially beaver. In this position paper, I will explain my point of view through three statements related to the resolution in question. First, the spirituality of First Nations with animals, then the evidence of real overhunting, and finally, the visible animosity of Europeans and First Nations. Furthermore, I will now elaborate on my first argument. First Nations have a special connection with nature and animals. Since the beginning of their civilization, First Nations as a whole have respected and protected nature with an unprecedented love for it. The natural world has always coexisted and used only to appease needs, not wants. [1] As you can imagine, this could have caused problems when Europeans arrived in North America and began depleting all the resources protected by Native people. Consider the mass slaughter of bison on the Great Plains throughout the 1850s. But that was before the height of the fur trade. Europeans brought with them guns, alcohol, and other tools that disrupted the natural hunting and fishing lives of the First Nations for only what they needed. Alcohol addiction set off a chain of negative events for all First Nations. [2] In addition to disrupting their way of life; Europeans depleted the resources that First Nations most depended on for survival. Not to mention the elimination of animals essential to the success of an ecosystem and of spiritual importance from the region, causing conflict between Europeans and First Nations. [3]Overhunting during the fur trade is evident and led to the near extinction of some animals popular for furs, such as beaver, mink, O...... middle of paper ... ...s Bay Company - History. Np, and Web. March 18, 2014. .[7] http://firstpeopleofcanada.com/fp_furtrade/fp_furtrade1.html “Contact and conflicts: First Nations, French and English in Canada”. The first peoples of Canada. NP, 2007. Web. March 17, 2014. .[8] http://www.canadiana.ca/hbc/hist/hist7_e.html “Conflict and change.” Exploration, fur trade and the Hudson's Bay Company - History. Np, and Web. March 18, 2014. .[9] http://eculture.pagc.sk.ca/eculture.php?pid=Fur-Trade-and-Epidemics&tp=slnk&lingual=&ver="The fur trade and diseases introduced into Europe. " Fur trade and epidemics. Canadian Heritage, nd Web. March 18. 2014. .