Presents a fictionalized account of the life of Minik, a Polar Eskimo taken by explorer Robert Peary, along with Minik's father, Smiler, and four others, to be presented as exhibits to the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Presents the true story of Minik, an Eskimo boy who was brought to New York City in 1897 along with his father and three others against their will by Arctic explorer Robert Peary and describes his struggles to survive in foreign surroundings.
Discusses Minik Wallace, a young Eskimo boy brought to New York in 1897 along with his father, whose skeleton was put on display in the Museum of Natural History; Minik's years as a "specimen"; his displacement both in America and in Greenland upon his return there; Arctic exploration; and early anthropology.
