- Overall attitude: Negative opinions dominated — 52% negative, 20% positive, 15% conflicted, 13% neutral. Attitudes varied by region but not significantly by age, sex, hunter status, or personal experience.

- Descriptors: More commonly seen as smart, fast, dangerous, and feared rather than beautiful or playful. Some described them as wolf-like.

- Helpers vs. competitors: 17 interviewees said killer whales help by driving prey (belugas, narwhals, seals) into shallow water near shore — the well-known aarlirijuk ("fear of killer whales") effect. But 9 said they compete with Inuit for the same food resources.

- Fear/danger: 38 people said Inuit are scared of killer whales; 18 said killer whales have a good memory and will take revenge if one of their kind is harmed. 6 reported killer whales can attack or capsize boats. Interestingly, 32 said killer whales are themselves afraid of walruses.

- Uses: Generally not eaten. Rare historical uses include bone for sled runners, blubber for lamp fuel, and maqtaq (skin/blubber) from predation leftovers.

- Past hunting: Three events recalled — a 1956 Foxe Basin ice entrapment, a 1977 Pangnirtung kill of 14 whales in Cumberland Sound, and a 1978 Baker Lake kill. In all cases the whales were trapped, never hunted in open water.

- Research opinion: A few expressed interest in satellite tagging; one wanted predator control to protect belugas.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5906639&forum_id=2Elisa#50154221)