Abstract—The semi-autonomous Territory of Nunavut in Arctic

• Main Author: Wilfred E. Richard
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Nunavut; inuit
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.462.2536; http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_p049/rmrs_p049_152_161.pdf

Canada requires a policy that induces economic diversification and equity for the Inuit population. Though mining continues as the primary economic activity, a focus on preserving Inuit wilderness skills would support cultural continuity and diversification of the Nunavut economy. Traditional Inuit life ways draw no line between culture and the environment. Guiding travelers in the Arctic provides a modest income and cultural integrity. Learning stewardship from northern peoples, we can restore our environment that technologi-cal culture has so compromised. To ensure continuity of all life on this planet, the developed world can learn from the cultural ways of peoples who have remained as one with the land. In the Arctic, travelers are guests, de facto students; and the Inuit, as hosts, are our teachers.