Culture Under Threat: Greenland's Inuit Community
Young people are beginning to leave the small hunting villages where the Inuits live. The culture has had to adapt and change over the centuries to cope with the changing climate, however it seems that it is the migration of people looking for better opportunities that will lead to the loss of culture. There is now a town along the Uummannaq Fjord where 2200 people live- the town ha a steep narrow road for motor vehicle access. The town also has stores, bars and a hospital. This is also where children from the villages are schooled and where some come to work and shop. Previously villagers would work by hunting and fishing. They eat and use the by-products of whales and seals but this is not longer a product which can be exported due to hunting bans. The main export is now halibut. For this reason many settlements now have factories ran by Royal Greenland.
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