ABSTRACT
The general discussion in the preceding chapter will be amplified by some concrete details collected on 90 Indian and Eskimo boys in 1965. Five small groups aged 10:1–11:11 (median age 11 :i) were studied, with the kind assistance of the Education authorities concerned. The Indians were drawn from the prairie tribes of Stoney and Blackfoot, living on reservations at Morley and Cluny respectively, near to Calgary, Alberta. Both schools have small hostels, but collect most of their pupils by bus from a few miles around. The Eskimos live in the Northwest Territories, above the Arctic circle, and were tested in the large school at Inuvik, on the Mackenzie Delta, or at the Arctic seaport of Tuktoyaktuk. Table 8 shows the numbers in these subgroups: the Inuvik group is divided into Inuvik residents, and hostel boys or boarders. The latter tend to come from less acculturated families, living more from the land than from wage-earning. Social arid other characteristics of samples of Indian and Eskimo boys https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table">
Indian
Eskimo
Morley
Cluny
Tuktoyaktuk
Inuvik
Hostel
Numbers
18
22
12
13
25
Per cent Delayed Gratification
50
32
58
69
48
Median Size of Household
7
81/2
8
81/2
10
Per cent Broken or Unusual Homes
50
23
0
8
40
Median Socioeconomic Index
5
51/2
4
51/2
5
Median Cultural Index
4
5
4
41/2
4
Linguistic: per cent rated 1–2
61
35
8
38
40
Per cent Schooling Delayed till 7 +, or Great Irregularity
50
45
17
46
72
Mean Planfulness Rating
3·2
3·1
4·1
3·5
3·2
Mean Initiative Rating
2·8
3·0
4·3
3·8
4·0
