Canada's natural resources. Wildlife

This program first looks at the importance of wildlife in Canada in a historical context. The buffalo or bison roamed the west and the nomadic people of the prairies followed the great herds and hunted them for survival. In Canada's far north, the Inuit primarily rely on the hunting of sea mammals and land animals for food. Their subsistent-based life played and still plays a significant role in their culture. However, colonization and modernizat...