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Eskimos and life review on Richard Nelson

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  Review #2 Allen Bird
  Article 11
  
  Eskimos and Life
  
  In Richard Nelson's "Understanding Eskimo Science" a man, Nelson, traveled
  
  below the Arctic Circle in the Boreal forest of interior Alaska were he lived, studied,
  
  and interacted with a few native Eskimos groups during the mid-1960's. Throughout
  
  the article Nelson provides an abundance of interesting and relevant information
  
  about Eskimo survival coming about through the understanding of one's
  
  environment. Nelson's best argument is the simple fact that these people have
  
  managed to survive in one the, if not the, harshest environment on the planet. There
  
  knowledge is useful, tested and true to the groups as this truly unique understanding
  
  of there world has permitted them to thrive well in these parts. Although the
  
  vegetation is rather scarce the Eskimo's made due with a diet based mostly on
  
  hunting. But as we find out in the article Nelson describes how these people are well
  
  adapted to the art of hunting. The relationship between man and animal is described
  
  to be one of intricate understanding and respect: "Koyukon hunters know that an
  
  animal's life ebbs slowly, that it remains aware and sensitive to how people treat its
  
  body".
  
  The Eskimo people have accumulated a massive memory based archive of
  
  scientifically valid knowledge concerning the diverse workings of the landscape of
  
  Alaska. Unfortunately Nelson makes it all too clear that this knowledge is
  
  disappearing and he fears that once gone there will never again be such a deep link
  
  between man and land.
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  Understanding Eskimo Science, Richard Nelson..