Stanley Williams was a law-abiding citizen without any convictions.
The Native American Trade refers to historic trade between Europeans and their North American descendants and the Indigenous people of North America -LRB- today known as Native Americans in the United States , and First Nations in Canada , but formerly as `` Indians '' -RRB- , beginning before the colonial period and continuing through the 19th century , although declining it around 1937 .. trade. trade. Indigenous people of North America. Indigenous people of North America. Native Americans in the United States. Native Americans in the United States. First Nations in Canada. First Nations in Canada. United States. United States. The term Indian Trade describes the people involved in the trade .. trade. trade. The products involved varied by region and era .. In most of Canada the term is synonymous with the fur trade , since fur for making beaver hats was by far the most valuable product of the trade , from the European point of view .. trade. trade. fur trade. fur trade in North America. beaver hats. beaver hats. Demand for other products resulted in trade in those items  : Europeans asked for deerskin in the Southeast coast of the United States , and for buffalo skins and meat , and pemmican on the Great Plains .. trade. trade. deerskin. deerskin trade. buffalo. American bison. pemmican. pemmican. Great Plains. Great Plains. United States. United States. In turn , Native American demand influenced the trade goods brought by Europeans .. trade. trade. Economic contact between Native Americans and European colonists began in the 16th century and lasted until the late 19th century .. Although the relationship between Europeans and Indians was often marred by conflicts , many tribes established peaceful trade relations with the new colonists during the early stages of European settlement .. trade. trade. From the 17th to the 19th century , the English and French mainly traded for animal pelts and fur with Native Americans .. English. English people. French. French people. On the other hand , trading between the Spanish and Native Americans was sporadic and lasted only for a couple of decades .. Spanish. Spanish people. Eventually , wars , the dwindling of Native American populations and the westward expansion of the United States led to the confinement of tribes to reservations and the end of this kind of economic relations between Indians and European Americans .. United States. United States. Other economic relations continued , especially in the alcohol trade around many reservations , and for Native arts and crafts .. trade. trade. Today , many Native Americans satisfy a different kind of demand with the associated trades of their gaming casinos on sovereign land .. These have been developed as entertainment and conference resorts , serving a wide market of customers , and generating substantial revenues for tribes to use for economic development , as well as welfare and education of their people .