The following article appeared in the March 1995 issue of Alaska
(magazine) and thought it would be of interest here:
     The world's first all-Eskimo Boy Scout troop was organized
     Dec. 5, 1947, at Point Barrow (Alaska).  Scoutmaster of the
     new troop is Eskimo Private Nate Elemaun, of the Army Signal
     Corps.  The boys made their first scouting trip by dog sled,
     using kerosene stoves for cooking.  The only wood most of
     them have ever seen is driftwood on the Arctic Ocean.
                                    -- From Ketichikan to Barrow
... Scouting - a world wide community.
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