Inuit Case Study

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Seal hunting should not be restricted because the survival of the Inuit people depends on it. Seals are the Inuit’s main source of food and the easiest for them to access in their daily lives. Also, seal hunting is a major part of the Inuits economy, and most of their money is obtained from seal skins, and other products. Although anit-sealers believe that they the EU seal ban exempts the Inuit people, they don’t realize that the Inuit are still negatively affected. All the points prove that the Inuit people constantly face cultural prejudice and in need of economic equality.

For Inuit people, seals are not just a source of food, they provide clothing and other resources to the people. The Inuit life off the seals and they use every aspect of the animals to their benefits. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, the director of the documentary, ‘Angry …show more content…

The Inuits economy and quality of life majorly depend on the money made from seal skins and meat. Since they live in such a delicate and unique environment, there aren’t many natural resources to benefit from as majorly as seals. Seal hunting is the easiest accessible food source for the Inuit, considering the fact that the prices of food found in grocery stores are majorly hiked up. Without the seal hunt, how would the Inuit people find the money to spend $30 on a head of cabbage and $80 on a pack of Ginger Ale? If this current disagreement between the government and the Inuit continues to exist, the native people will have to turn to oil drilling to create a stable economy, though this will ultimately wreck the environment and natural beauty of Canada’s north. In all the decisions made by the government regarding the Inuit people and their culture, none of the Indigenous people were ever consulted, and these decisions remained highly

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