Akulmiut/Tundra Village Area

Between 2016 and 2018, CEC had the opportunity to work with Akulmiut men and women living west of Bethel in the communities of Kasigluk, Nunapitchuk, and Atmautluak. Elders who generously shared place names and knowledge of their homeland included Johnny Berlin, Katie Jenkins, Henry Parks, and Grace Parks of Nunapitchuk; John Nicholas, Moses and Daisy White, Matthew Active, Wassilie Steven, and William Berlin of Kasigluk; and Nicholai Pavilla, Sr., James Nicholai, and Marie Alexie of Atmautluak; Place names for the Akulmiut area were collected in 1983 by Elizabeth Andrew while she was working for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence, with the help of Mary Pete, Vernon Chimegairea, Golka Maxie, Sinka Toopetlook, and Evan Wassillie. We thank them for permission to include them here.

place names

Map of Yup'ik place names in the area of the Akulmiut