The village of Tununak on Nelson Island in southwestern Alaska was the site of this field investigation into Eskimo children's games. The focus of investigation was the relationship between role structure in the community and player organization in games; the expressive nature of games as defined by specific values reflected in games and game behavior was also investigated. Due to the reserved nature of the Tununak people, the method of investigation was primarily observational, although questions were addressed to and answered by an atypical girl, two established white teachers, and an island native living off the Island who had returned for a summer visit. Results indicated: that there was a correlation in traditional Eskimo society between complexity of societal role structure and player organization in games; that while culture change had affected community role structure dramatically, such role changes were not reflected in game role organization; that Eskimos had adopted many new games and new types of games, but the organization of players remained essentially similar to that of their traditional games (it was suggested that this was due to the influence of conservative cultural values still operative in this society); that values had not changed at the same rate as other aspects of this Eskimo culture, and games preferred by contemporary Eskimos here were still those in which game role organization and rules were consistant with the traditional cultural value system. (Author/JC)