17. All of the following were attempts to assimilate indigenous peoples into European cultur except one. Choose the exception. A. Residential schools in Canada. B. The aborigine resettlement program in Australia. C. The Indian reservation system in the United States. D. Fur trade between the Hudson Bay Company and First Nations.

D. Fur trade between the Hudson Bay Company and First Nations.<br /><br />The other options were specifically designed to assimilate indigenous populations by disrupting their cultures and forcing them to adopt European ways of life. Residential schools aimed to erase indigenous languages and cultures. The aborigine resettlement program relocated indigenous Australians, often separating families. The US reservation system, while ostensibly providing land, also aimed to control and confine Native Americans, limiting their autonomy and pushing for assimilation.<br /><br />The fur trade, while certainly exploitative and having negative impacts on indigenous societies, was primarily an economic exchange. It did not have the explicit goal of cultural assimilation like the other options. While it led to cultural changes and dependencies, the primary purpose was profit through trade, not forced cultural conversion.<br />