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Photo 1: Governor General Michaelle Jean (centre) helps an Inuit elder skin two seals during a community feast in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut in May, 2009. With the European Union ban on seal products, the market for Inuit seal products, which are not banned, has disappeared say and they say they fear they will lose their traditional way of life and a major means for supporting themselves. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Photo 2: Inuit girls in traditional dress play on the rocks in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, in July 2007. With the European Union ban on seal products, many Inuit say they are losing their best means of support and, in turn, their traditional way of life. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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