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Minik, the Lost Eskimo

In October 1897, renowned Arctic explorer Robert Peary returned to New York from his latest Greenland expedition. At the request of anthropologist Franz Boas, he brought with him five polar Eskimos for study at the American Museum of Natural History. The embryonic science of anthropology regarded the Eskimos as a rare species, and their arrival caused a sensation. Within months, however, four of the Eskimos had fallen sick and died, leaving a seven-year-old boy named Minik. Eventually adopted by a member of the museum's staff, it was 16 years before he was able to return to his native Greenland. The program retraces Minik's life journey and provides a thought-provoking look at the intersection of race and culture.

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