Primitive Living Among Nunamiut Tribe
Of Eskimos Described at Rotary Meet
Six weeks spent among the Nu
namiut tribe of Eskimos in the
Anaktuvuk Pass region in northern
Alaska was described by Bob La
Follette in a lecture before the
Rotary Club at the club’s noon
luncheon in the 49 Room Tuesday.
The lecture was illustrated with
35mm slides, pictures taken during
LaFollette’s stay in the Endicott
Range area in November and De
cember of 1954. LaFollette stayed
with an old Eskimo, Simon Pan
eak and his family, and joined him
and his hunting partner, Elijah, on
trap lines and hunting trips.
LaFollette described his host as
highly intelligent, and as one of
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the few he met who could read
and write English. He said the man
kept up a voluminous correspond
ence with people on the outside.
He was self-taught, he said. His
partner, Elijah, LaFollette said,
was a “natural” as a Chamber of
Commerce president — intelligent,
aggressive and neat — both men
were excellent leaders in their
community.
The Eskimo lived essentially the
old way, LaFollette said. “He hunt
ed bear, sheep, wolves—with cari
bou being 90 per cent of the peo
ple’s food supply. -They at a lot of
fat,” the speaker stated. “I didn’t
think I could until I lived among
these people. The fat gave a tre
mendous lift while on the trail.”
Eskimos drink a lot of tea while
on the trail, he said.
The Eskimo’s life is a combina
tion of the old ways and the new,
LaFollette said. In their homes,
built mainly of sod, skins, and in
some cases, logs or 'both sod and
logs, were seen radios, clocks, and
other of the white man’s “gadgets.”
One slide showed a very young
Eskimo boy playing a guitar—he
played, LaFollette said, some Es
kimo legendary songs, but mainly
hill-billy music he had picked up
on the battery-operated radio.
Most of the Eskimos in the com
munity, he said, had never been
even as far south as Fairbanks.
Walt Kraft gave a classification
talk, in which he told some anec
dotes of the early days in Kodiak.
Among the visitors attending
the luncheon were Dick Robinson,
“Skipper” Knudsen, John Keers
and Rev. Lewis White.
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Operating a motor vehicle while
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fine this week. Appearing before
the Deputy Magistrate on the
charge, Arthur J. Evans was fined
$100 and had his driver’s license
suspended for three months.
Peter Tripetzian, arrested on a
drunk and disorderly charge, was
sentenced to 90 days. Four others,
appearing before the magistrate on
drunk charges, were Eddie Cum
mings, who was sentenced to 15
days; Frank McKenney, 30 days;
Alador Joe Alex, who was fined
$25 and given a 10 days sentence,
which was suspended; and Donald
W. Vermette, who received a fine
of $25.
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