ANTH 2660 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gilgit-Baltistan
10 Mar 2014
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Nunavut (1999) --specific, restricted areas: education: infrastructure -administration -curriculum -staffing, economic/ employment issues -hunting/ fishing/ wage work. Further north in canada the more for goods, due to the price of transportation. For people struggling economically, supplement their food intake by hunting and fishing. The higher the cost of store goods, the higher the influence to hunt and fish. Most hunting and fishing that happen in northern areas is high quality food, not contaminated with food pesticides. 330 lb of meat on the average moose. Hunting and fishing contributed to half the income of the community. Those that are richer hunt the most, due to them having the money to get away from the community: social services/ health. Medical facilities are heavily lacking in northern areas. Mistrust on the aboriginal part on the federal government. Aboriginal"s treaties are handled differently on a provincial level. Helping a particular group of people: consultants and the james bay cree.
