Inuit subsistence, social economy and food security in Clyde River, Nunavut

Arctic

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-318

  Harder, Miriam T ^a   Wenzel, George W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food security; Inuit subsistence; Mixed economy; Northern Baffin Island; Sharing; Socio cultural relations

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DATA PROCESSING; FISHING; FOOD SECURITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; KINSHIP; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUBSISTENCE;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CLYDE RIVER [BAFFIN ISLAND]; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84873923015     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: 19231245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4218     Document Type: Article

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