Umkumiut

Umkumiute, Alaska
Umkumiute, Alaska
Former settlement
	Interactive map of Umkumiute, Alaska
	Coordinates: 60°29′58.75″N 165°11′55.89″W / 60.4996528°N 165.1988583°W
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Census Area	Bethel Census Area
Time zone	UTC−9 (Alaska (AKST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−8 (AKDT)
GNIS feature ID	1411511

Umkumiut is a seasonal hunting and fishing camp^[1] on Nelson Island, near Kangirlvar Bay, 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Cape Vancouver, at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.^[2]

Situated in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States, this community is not an independent village as it is counted as part of the community of Toksook Bay.^[3]

It was also the spring camp site for residents of Nightmute.^[4]

The word Umkumiut literally means "people of Umkuuk," which are the name of the cliffs above the village. ^[5]

References

↑ Fienup-Riordan, Ann; Rearden, Alice (2003). ""Kenekngamceci Qanrutamceci (We Talk to You Because We Love You)": Yup'ik "Culturalism" at the Umkumiut Culture Camp". Arctic Anthropology. 40 (2). Retrieved April 5, 2024.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Umkumiut
↑ Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: comprehensive conservation plan, environmental impact statement, wilderness review, and wild river plan : final. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service University of Michigan. 1988. p. 127.
↑ Ann Fienup-Riordan; et al. (2005). Yup'ik Words of Wisdom. U. of Nebraska Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-8032-6917-X. In 1964, Paul led a number of families to found the village of Toksook Bay to avoid the arduous annual move between the winter village of Nightmute and spring camp at Umkumiut.
↑ Fienup-Riordan, Ann (2013). Our Nelson Island Stories. University of Washington. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-295-80475-0. Then the one down the coast right along this side of Umkumiut [People of Umkuuk], the small point over there is called Eskang. And above Umkumiut those small cliffs called Umkuuk, they call them Umkuuk.

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[1] Fienup-Riordan, Ann; Rearden, Alice (2003). ""Kenekngamceci Qanrutamceci (We Talk to You Because We Love You)": Yup'ik "Culturalism" at the Umkumiut Culture Camp". Arctic Anthropology. 40 (2). Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[gnis-2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Umkumiut

[3] Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge: comprehensive conservation plan, environmental impact statement, wilderness review, and wild river plan : final. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service University of Michigan. 1988. p. 127.

[4] Ann Fienup-Riordan; et al. (2005). Yup'ik Words of Wisdom. U. of Nebraska Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-8032-6917-X. In 1964, Paul led a number of families to found the village of Toksook Bay to avoid the arduous annual move between the winter village of Nightmute and spring camp at Umkumiut.

[5] Fienup-Riordan, Ann (2013). Our Nelson Island Stories. University of Washington. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-295-80475-0. Then the one down the coast right along this side of Umkumiut [People of Umkuuk], the small point over there is called Eskang. And above Umkumiut those small cliffs called Umkuuk, they call them Umkuuk.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States
Cities	Akiak Aniak Bethel Chefornak Chuathbaluk Eek Goodnews Bay Kwethluk Lower Kalskag Mekoryuk Napakiak Napaskiak Nightmute Nunapitchuk Platinum Quinhagak Toksook Bay Upper Kalskag	Bethel Census Area map
CDPs	Akiachak Atmautluak Crooked Creek Kasigluk Kipnuk Kongiganak Kwigillingok Lime Village Mertarvik Newtok Oscarville Red Devil Sleetmute Stony River Tuluksak Tuntutuliak Tununak
Unincorporated communities	Crow Village Georgetown Napaimute Nash Harbor Umkumiut
Ghost towns	Aguikchuk Arolik Kwigiumpainukamiut Ohagamiut
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