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To: grusum who wrote (2713)	2/18/2008 4:20:12 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17109

The eskimo or as Stenfansson dubbed then, the Inuit, used to eat mostly sea mammals, particularly whale. They like to eat whale blubber and skin, which they call Muktuk. According to Vilhaljmur Stefannson, the modern CDN explorer, they eat little fish except when necessary, and experienced little HD or cancer. This is also the observation of Danes about the Greenland Innu. There is some question as to whether Greenland Innu suffer many strokes, and whether or not they are 'bleeders' on the operating table supposedly because of their extreme vitamin E levels. They have 5 times the vitamin E and magnesium in serum as well as 20 times the selenium level of the average European if they eat their traditional diet. It is suggested that there is a "Greenland" cure for extreme cases of hyperholesteremia. There is some literature to that effect. The GReenland INNu themselves will tell you they eat walrus and whale blubber for specific health effects. In other words they are aware they eat the stuff because they have to. I believe the traditional Inuit also ate caribou, polar bear, and during the summer, berries, shrub tea and seaweed. Most of the Inuit were coastal along the shores of James Bay and the NWT. There are quite a few sources of terrestrial food up there including geese, ptarmigan, fox, fur bearing animals, and fish. They met the Indian tribes such as the Dog, Nahanni, Chipeywan and Cree and fought with them. It is likely that they exploited similar food sources. The Innu of Labrador have a wide variety of food sources in the plentiful animal life of all kinds. Moose, introduced to Newfoundland in the early 20th century, are now the most plentiful of the large wild mammals found on the island, where they outnumber the herds of woodland caribou. Labrador, which has a greater variety of wildlife, supports more caribou than moose. Other species include black and polar bears, Arctic and red foxes, beaver, lynx, and the range of small fur-bearing animals common to the northern coniferous forests and the tundra of northern Labrador. Large herds of harp and hooded seals migrate along the coasts of the province. Whales, now protected, are commonly seen throughout the summer as they feed and disport themselves in coastal waters. Vast colonies of seabirds, notably murres, Atlantic puffins, northern gannets, petrels, and eider ducks, inhabit the offshore islands and headlands. Several species of gulls and terns are ubiquitous, and substantial breeding populations of black ducks and Canada geese are maintained, together with lesser populations of other ducks. Migratory shorebirds and wading birds frequent the coast seasonally. Upland game birds include ptarmigan, grouse, and snipes, while such birds of prey as the osprey and bald eagle are common. ********************************************