Economic status and role of hunters in a modern Inuit village
Economic status and role of hunters in a modern Inuit village
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现代因纽特人村庄中猎人的经济地位和作用
作者：
T. G. Smith;H. Wright
摘要通过对1984年西北地区霍尔曼地区8名全职猎人和10名领工资的因纽特人的访谈，计算了农村粮食收获的现金收入和估算收入。使用10.56加元/公斤（4.79美元/磅）的替代值来代替农村粮食收成，两组的综合收入（现金+估算的粮食价值）非常相似。全职猎人生产的乡村食品每公斤1.01美元（每磅0.46美元）。而工薪阶层在收获上的花费为每公斤5.7美元（2.59美元/磅）。全职猎人收获了剩余的食物，这些食物可以养活他们直系亲属以外的另外四个人。工薪族年底的现金余额几乎是全职猎人的两倍，全职猎人的主要货币收入来自为战利品猎人提供指导。当考虑到北方经济的未来福祉时，为村庄提供大量食物的全职猎人不稳定的现金经济应该是一个值得关注和注意的主题。
Abstract The cash revenues and imputed incomes from country food harvests were calculated from interviews with eight full-time hunting and ten wage-earning Inuit for 1984 at Holman, Northwest Territories. Using a substitution value of Can$10.56/kg ($4.79/lb) for country food harvests, the combined income (cash + imputed food value) of the two groups was very similar. Full-time hunters produced country food at $1.01/kg ($0.46/lb). while wage earners spent $5.7 I/kg ($2.59/lb) on their harvest. Full-time hunters harvested surpluses of food which would feed another fourpeople outside their immediate family. Wage earners ended the year with almost twice the cash balance of full-time hunters, whose main monetary revenuecomes from guiding trophy hunters. The precarious cash economy of the full-time hunters who provide a significant part of the food for the village should be a subject of concern and attention when considering the future well-being of the northern economy.