This research summary reports on a 4-month long study of 30 children, ages 10-13, who live at the elementary boarding school on the island of 'Ua Pou, Marquesas Island, French Polynesia. Of the sample of 15 boys and 15 girls, 20 of the children are from a single small valley. Follow-up studies also were done of the families of these children. The study focuses on the concept of peer leaders who come into contact with large numbers of other children. Through observations and filming of the children, the study concludes that: (1) the children play large-group games almost every day after school; (2) the large group games emphasize group coordination and deemphasize the individual; (3) the individual does not stand alone; (4) there is an aversion to being controlled by others during play; (5) games rarely involve people or teams accumulating points, goals or prizes over others; (6) organization of games depends on the extreme cohesiveness of the valley groupings with a discernible hierarchy although it is not dictatorial; (7) group shaming is the usual form of punishment for failure to perform up to group expectations; and (8) there is a definite "in-group, out-group" feeling developed among students. These research findings are contrary to Levy's 1973 generalization concerning superficiality and distancing in Tahitian relationships. (EH)