Word: eskimo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Miss-nomers. In Ottawa, an application for government "baby bonuses" was received from an Eskimo with four daughters, all named Sammy...
Since he became boss of the Eastern Arctic (1931), he has dispensed law, performed marriages and composed the authoritative reports which, to a large extent, guide the Dominion's policy toward its Eskimo population. In the Hudson's Bay Company's sturdy little Nascopie, he has traveled 168,000 miles of icy Arctic waters in the past 14 years, learned to know many of the cheerful, grinning Eskimos by name. The Eskimos call McKeand "The Man With the White Hair." Sometimes they call him Umeealik (boss man). Boss McKeand carefully protects his Eskimos against the white...
Said he last week "The Eskimo deserves the highest praise for his ingenuity, resourcefulness and intelligence. He has seen the 'crazy white man' take all his whales, all his musk oxen, most of his seals, and many of his birds. Yet he has not only survived but improved himself...
Northwest Passengers. The St. Roch picked up some passengers on the way. She ferried an Eskimo family from Baffin Island to Herschel. Island, not far from the mouth of the Mackenzie River. Mother, father, grandmother, five children and 17 dogs insisted on staying topside, pitched their pup tent on the open deck...
Negotiations continue, but, said a Chungking spokesman: "It is like a Hottentot talking to an Eskimo...