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Country food consumption during the Norman Wells Project, 1982–1985

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Robert M. Bone
Robert M. Bone
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Department of Geography, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 0W0
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Abstract

During public hearings before the Norman Wells Project began, fears were expressed that the project would adversely affect consumption of country food. This note examines consumption of country food by native residents living in four communities in the impact zone of the project The proportion of country food in their diet did not diminish over its construction period, and may have increased slightly, mainly because residents maintained normal harvesting despite handicaps caused by the project. Other mitigating factors were that most construction occurred at a predominately non-native centre (Norman Wells), virtually no natives from the three native communities were employed full-time for the duration of the project, and most of their hunting area was well outside the pipeline impact zone.

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Polar Record , Volume 25 , Issue 154 , July 1989 , pp. 235 - 238
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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