Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: traditional food, traditional knowledge, hunting, employment, food sharing
Principal Investigator: | Condon, Richard G. (4) |
Licence Number: | 12173 |
Organization: | Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas |
Licensed Year(s): |
1992
1988
1987
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Issued: | Jan 01, 1992 |
Project Team: | Dr. George Wenzel; Mr. Peter Collings; Ms. Julia Ogina |
Objective(s): To examine the economic adaptations of a sample of young adults in the Copper Inuit community of Holman with special emphasis on the degree to which young Inuit households are involved in subsistence hunting and traditional food sharing networks.
Project Description: This ethnographic research project is designed to examine the degree to which young Inuit households are involved in traditional subsistence harvesting and how these activities are supplemented by recently introduced wage employment opportunities. The study will utilize participant-observation as well as formal and informal interviews.