hunting rights

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Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Iqaluit, Nunavut
Host: Rebecca Anaviapik-Soucie

Segment 1: Scenes of hunters hunting ring and harp seals near Iqaluit.

Segment 2: Akesuk Joamie talks about hunting young ring seals.

History of the Iñupiat: The Duck-In is about US government attempts to regulate traditional hunting rights of the Iñupiat in 1961. This is the story of the first major conflict between the Federal government and the Iñupiat people and marked the beginning of the battle for land rights in northern Alaska.