Northwest History. Alaska. Food Supply.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1935
• Subjects: Eskimo; Point Barrow; Alaska; food shortage; Dr. Henry W. Greist; white invasion; gastro-intestinal disorders; Presbyterian medical missionary; old-time menu; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Eskimo Point; Pacific; Barrow; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91635

Old-Time Menu Hard On Eskimo. POINT BARROW, Alaska, July 15. (OP)—The food shortage is confined to the Eskimo population. Dr. Henry W. Greist, medical missionary, said day, but because they have long since adopted white men's foods, the condition of some has become alarming. "We've had no less than 20 case of serious intestinal disorders among very young Eskimos in recent weeks," Dr. Greist said today. Before the "white invasion," the natives subsisted on an exclusive meat diet, varied only by sea mammals, fish, he pointed out. In subsequent years, however, the Eskimos became used to cereal products, and the present generation accustomed to no other diet. "Now that the Eskimos have been forced back onto an exclusive meat diet, however, I've found that within a few weeks gastro-intestinal disorders have frequently arisen, as well as low resistance to disease," the elderly Presbyterian medical missionary said.