In a generation or two, the traditions of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic will have been eliminated, more or less in the manner that they have been eliminated in the U.S. and other Western Nations–through the pied piper of wealth and abundance.

Read about it in this article from the Guardian Arctic resource wealth poses dilemma for indigenous communities

A quote:

“I personally have a problem with it. I was raised in a traditional way and regard it as my job to be a steward of the land. I see this [industrialised] world of hedonism and consumption as a sign we have lost our moral compass.”