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    "I was a grown man and felt I could survive by hunting for a living. So for three years I lived by hunting, fishing and trapping. I enjoyed life then, not tied down to anyone or anything. Always making my own decisions. If I wanted to sleep, I'd sleep, if I didn't feel like sleeping I wouldn't sleep. If I wanted to go hunting I could go any time or if I didn't feel like it I wouldn't go. Only the weather told me what I could do.

    I would make money from selling the fox pelts I'd trapped, and even when I didn't have money in my wallet I was very happy. My family and I survived on caribou and other wild animals that I hunted, and occasionally we'd have qablunaaq food. There wasn't anything to be unhappy about."              

        Inuit Today, September 1977

Inuit Hunting - Snowmobile
Inuit Hunting - Hunting for seal
Inuit live in harmony and interdependence with the natural world and it's living resources. Harvesting and hunting are at the heart of our culture and our way of life. It is important for non-Inuit to understand that our hunting technology has changed over the years from stone and bone to iron; from spears and bows and arrows to rifles; from kayaks to freighter canoes; umiaks to long liners; and from dog teams to snow mobiles. Not surprisingly, we are often asked how is it possible to call ourselves "traditional" hunters if we do not still use all of our old technology.