Eskimo Boyhood: An Autobiography in Psychosocial Perspective

• Main Authors: Kakianak, Nathan, Hughes, Charles C.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UKnowledge 1974
• Subjects: Nathan Kakianak; Eskimos; St. Lawrence Island; Indigenous Studies; Lawrence Island; eskimo*; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_native_american_studies/4; https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=upk_native_american_studies

Here is a unique view of life as experienced by a young Eskimo. The autobiography was written by a youth in his early twenties who relates the details of his boyhood life, recalling the feelings accompanying his experiences. In addition to allowing Nathan simply to relate his story thereby illustrat...