Native home on Scottish island son escapes from (5)
I believe the answer is:
inuit
'native' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'home on scottish island son escapes from' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'scottish island' becomes 'uist' (North or South Uist in the Outer Hebrides).
'son' becomes 's'.
'escapes from' suggests deleting specific letters.
'uist' with 's' taken away is 'uit'.
'in'+'uit'='INUIT'
(Other definitions for inuit that I've seen before include "short stay in Paris hotel?" , "Eskimos" , "Arctic natives" , "Northerner" , "Greenland Eskimo" .)