Use of and preference for traditional foods among the Belcher Island Inuit

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 256-264

  Wein, Eleanor E ^a   Freeman, Milton M R ^a   Makus, Jeanette C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belcher Island Inuit; food preferences; Sanikiluaq; traditional foods

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; INUIT PEOPLE; TRADITIONAL FOOD;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, BELCHER ISLAND, SANIKILUAQ;

EID: 0030303234     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1201     Document Type: Article

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