. >> aaju peter is originally from greenland, but moved to nunavut more than 30 years ago. she spent most of that time trying to preserving inuit culture. >> we have the longest still living hunting culture in this world. you have seen the hunters going out on the ice to catch fish, seal or caribou. they bring that back and then they provide it free to the community. if we didn't have that we would be starving. >> with a resource boom on the horizon, aaju feels that inuit need to strike a delicate balance. >> you have to look at both. my granddaughter i'm sure, and even my children, could become possibly the wealthiest in canada, but so what? if we can not safegaurd it, if we can do it properly, we shouldn't do it. we cannot assume that foreigners and other international people are considering us or even our rights. >> plans are underway for an iron ore mining project in nunavut worth four billion dollars, it's the largest in a long line of industries arriving here. >> this is an annual mining conference in iqaluit. it's where all the companies come to meet network and do b