Sharing or commoditising? A discussion of some of the socio-economic implications of Nunavik's Hunter Support Program

Polar Record

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-132

  Gombay, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUBSISTENCE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVIK; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 67649651698     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003224740800778X     Document Type: Article

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