Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability

By: Milton M. R. Freeman, Lyudmila Bogoslovskaya, Richard A. Caulfield

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Paperback | 31 August 1998

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Whales inspire great fascination in the public culture of industrialized nations. Images of majestic and mysterious creatures of the sea, hunted to or nearly to tragic extinction in a emblematic example of human excess, have fueled the economic and cultural power of this century's global movement to end whale hunting. However, this political movement, and the ecological research it initiated, has largely ignored the experience of Native circumpolar communities, whose vast knowledge of whales and whaling has evolved through centuries of integrated cultural and economic practices rooted in the ethics of subsistence consumption and sustainability. Today, the Inuit find themselves struggling with international management regimes which, while they have been successful in curbing the destruction of large-scale, commercial whaling enterprises, have imposed policies that are insensitive to the needs and traditions of Native subsistence hunters.
Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability is based on extensive ethnographic, ecological, and policy research sponsored by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, and presents Inuit perspectives on the integral role whales play in cultural, economic, philosophical, and nutritional aspects of Inuit life. This book is also the first major publication to engage in policy analysis, and formulate modes of environmental research, grounded in Inuit voices and realities.

Sponsored by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference

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This volume is an important contribution to the history of the American West because it puts the cultural anthropology of the American Inuit people into a clear and accessible light.--Michael Dyer "Journal of the West "

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Illustrations	p. 7
Foreword	p. 9
Preface	p. 13
Acknowledgments	p. 15
Introduction: A Book On Inuit Whaling?	p. 19
The Importance of Inuit Whaling Today	p. 29
Social Importance	p. 30
Whales as a Source of Food	p. 35
Cultural Importance	p. 38
Nutrition and Health	p. 45
Economic Importance	p. 49
Whaling and Spirituality	p. 53
Whaling By Inuit: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow	p. 59
Beluga Hunting	p. 59
Bowhead Hunting	p. 71
Gray Whale Hunting	p. 84
Humpback and Fin Whale Hunting	p. 88
Minke Whale Hunting	p. 90
Narwhal Hunting	p. 92
Hunting for Other Small Whales	p. 94
Human Rights and the International Whaling Commission	p. 99
The International Whaling Treaty	p. 100
Other Relevant International Initiatives	p. 101
Recent Actions at the International Whaling Commission	p. 107
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