Proper Help - press click to gamble

Nunavut is hoping hunting, and culture will reduce crime. This is Nunavut's great gamble, that teaching modern Inuit the ways of their ancestors will cut violent crime rates that are many times above the Canadian average. The great hope of the program is that something will click.
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/mar/20051226/nunavut051226/


Not all inmates are interested in hunting and learning more about their culture, most times they use it as an excuse to get out of the building for the day to bypass time. Could it be that they are the ones who have given up on the Inuit life style, because of their neglected, troublesome upbringing, and the fact that they were never given the opportunity to be taught traditional skills, or a chance to participate?
Is hunting and culture what they need now? Is hoping good enough? What causes crime in the first place? So many Inuit suffer from the plague of lack of enrolment- lack of parental guidance, lack of a father, drug and alcohol abuse in their family history, undereducated, unskilled, loss of purpose, and total identity crisis.

I am also sure that there are quiet a few who are interested in the hunting and culture program because it is suppose to give to them a sense of pride when they acquire the new skills and gain the confidence. http://www.nunavutwellness.ca/english/PDF/Inuit-Men-Empowerment.pdf
However, in this time and age to be a harvester, it is more of a hobby then way of life and survival. This is the great gamble!

Could Nunavut be sending out the idea that to be successful in life, is to be a hunter and that hunting and culture will keep offenders or Inuit away from the modern day society ills that roam the communities? Is the cycle being stopped? I believe this is how Nunavut is setting up the offenders and public for failure. They are letting the people down by having them believe that to have one skill is going to create a better Nunavut. To be a hunter you have to have years of great knowledge and experience, a lot of support and in most cases you need to be well educated and be employed to have the money or receive the funding to purchase all the equipment like snow machines, sleds, boats, quads, and hunting gear for all seasons etc….

I find that I am questioning more of the Inuit customs in society today, are the traditions keeping us locked up in another time and place?
Hunting and Culture is important to our people, but Jails need to also provide and encourage more trades programs, educational services, training programs and offer real proper treatment. Offenders require real help from qualified professionals, and does speaking to an elder in the community considered proper help?