The Way of the Eskimo (1911)
A tribe of Labrador Eskimos are seen in their peculiar ceremony of bidding the sun good-bye. It is called "The feast of the Adieu to the Sun." Zak, a young Eskimo belonging to a tribe far removed from the village of old Chief Opetek and his family where the ceremony takes place, is one of the participants; he is visiting his sweetheart, the daughter of the chief. When the sun has disappeared Zak says "good-bye" and starts with his dog team, on his homeward journey over the ice. He comes upon a half-frozen hunter, a white man. Back to the village and into the hut of the chief the stranger is taken, cared for and nursed back to life. Zak again prepares to depart for home and, according to the Eskimo fashion of greeting and leave-taking among near and dear ones, smells the sleeves of and rubs nose with his sweetheart. After he has gone, and during the absence of the girl's parents from the hut, the white man ridicules the Eskimo method of bestowing caresses, and shows her the white man's way of making love. The old chief and his wife enter the hut in time to see the daughter elope with the stranger. Winter has passed. Zak launches his kiack or canoe and starts upon his journey by water to the village of his sweetheart. His meeting with his sweetheart whom the white man long since deserted, their entrance into the summer village of old chief Opetek, the strange marriage ceremony of the Eskimos, portrayed by the natives themselves in their far-off land make up an historical romance of peculiar value to the film world.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| William V. Mong | Director |
| Columbia Eneutseak | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| William V. Mong | |
| J.C. Smith | |
| Columbia Eneutseak | |
| Chief Opetek |
