... of subsistence hunting and examine the nature and impact of the changes that resulted from contacts with outsiders" (Rasing 1999: 81). Before the Inuit's became dependent on the western world, they lived in an isolated state. They were dependent solely on nature, the animals around them, and themselves. This was clearly evident in the Sears' film as well. Idlout, in the early years of his life, hunted animals in order to survive. It was a way of life. The animals were his means of survival, and he made maximum use of what nature provided. Idlout, along with his people, were nomadic. They followed the animals' migratory pattern throughout the changing seasons. Their lives depended upon obtaining land and sea mammals such as, "walrus, beluga, narwhal, bowhead whale, polar bear, fish...these were animal species that provided food" (Rasing 1999: 83). These animals also supplied the material for clothing, hunting, traveling, and ...

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