| We often hear non-Inuit say "Inuit really should not have special rights to harvest because they can go get food at the store just like people down south." Well that is not
really true. Store food is expensive and it is not very healthy. Of course we like to eat it once in a while and sometimes it is very convenient.
One way of understanding just how important wildlife is to our present day life, is through what we call Harvest Studies. We have collected very detailed information about what a family will harvest at different times of the year and we continuously monitor our level of harvest. This shows that it is possible for each Inuk to obtain
about one kilogram of wild food each day without upsetting the natural ecological balance.
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