The heights and weights of Indian and Eskimo school children on James Bay and Hudson Bay.
Description:
The heights and weights of 263 Eskimo school children from the east coast of Hudson Bay, 754 Cree Indian children from the James Bay area and 119 Mohawk children in Southern Ontario are presented. In general the Mohawk children were taller and heavier than the Crees, who were taller and heavier than the Eskimos. A study of height/weight relationships and paired comparisons of Indian and Eskimo children living in the same settlement provided some evidence that the differences in height and weight between the Eskimos and Cree Indians are predominantly racial or genetic.