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The northern Copper Inuit, now centered in Holman on the western side of Victoria Island, several hundred miles above the Arctic Circle, were one of the last Inuit communities to be affected by the modern world. The late Richard G. Condon (anthropology, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville) was a friend of the Copper Inuit and a frequent visitor to their community for almost 20 years. Assisted by a lifelong resident of Holman, and interspersing his account with narratives by community elders, Condon surveys the history of the area and the northern Copper Inuit from prehistoric times to the present, with emphasis on the 20th century. He discusses both positive and negative influences from contact, including an end to famine, better health care and education, alcohol and drug addiction, spousal abuse, and underemployment. The strength of this work is a result of Condon's field experience and his exceptionally jargon-free composition. The text is amply illustrated. Greater detail is available in Diamond Jenness's The People of the Twilight (1928) and Condon's own Inuit Behavior and Seasonal Change in the Canadian Arctic (CH, Mar'84). General readers through graduate students. P. T. Sherrill University of Arkansas at Little Rock