In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Indigenous people in the US and Canada were subjected to heavy commercial pressure from ________.

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Indigenous people in the US and Canada were subjected to heavy commercial pressure from whiskey traders and tobacco merchants. Trading in alcohol and tobacco was a major source of profit for European settlers, and Indigenous people were often targeted as consumers and producers. The impact of alcohol and tobacco on Indigenous communities was devastating, leading to addiction, poverty, and disease.

In the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Indigenous People in the US