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Encyclopedia > Nelson Island (Alaska)

Nelson Island or Qaluyaaq Island (Qaluyaaq in Central Yup'ik) is an island in western Alaska, at 60°37′N 164°22′W. It is 68 km (42 miles) long and 32-56 km (20-35 miles) wide. It is separated from the Alaska mainland to its east by a narrow channel and from Nunivak Island to its southwest by the Etolin Strait. The Yupik (Yupik/Юпик) people speak several distinct languages, depending on their location. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ... Nunivak Island is the second largest island in the Bering Sea, 48 km (30 miles) offshore from the delta of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, at about 60° North latitude. ... The Etolin Strait is a strait in western Alaska, at about 60°37 North 164°22 West. ...


Nelson Island has three villages: Tununak in the west, Toksook Bay southeast of Tununak on Kangirlvar Bay and Nightmute in the east. A snowmobile trail connects the Tununak and Nightmute in the winter. Tununak is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. ... Toksook Bay is a city located in Bethel Census Area, Alaska. ... Nightmute is a city located in Bethel Census Area, Alaska. ...


The village of Newtok is in the process of being moved to Nelson Island due to erosion and the water table in the area Newtok is currently located.


The natives are Yupiit who maintain a predominately traditional diet, fishing and hunting musk ox and caribou. The Yupik or, in the Central Alaskan language, Yupik, are indigenous or aboriginal peoples who live along the coast of western Alaska, especially on the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta and along the Kuskokwim River (Central Alaskan Yupik), in southern Alaska (the Alutiiq) and in the Russian Far East and St. ...


Nelson Island was named after Edward William Nelson, a Smithsonian Institution naturalist who studied the island and people there in 1878. Edward William Nelson (May 8, 1855 - May 19, 1934) was an American naturalist and ethnologist. ... The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ...


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Wolf Song of Alaska: Musk Ox (1232 words)
Muskoxen thrived on Nunivak Island and increased from 31 in 1936 to an estimated 750 by 1968.
Population: In 1990, approximately 2,220 free-ranging muskoxen resided in Alaska: 500 on Nunivak Island, 220 on Nelson Island, 500 in northern Alaska, 130 in northwestern Alaska, 700 on the Seward Peninsula, 150 on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, with an additional 105 animals in captivity in domestic herds, research herds, and the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage.
The Nunivak Island and Nelson Island populations have been stabilized by hunting; the other wild populations are expected to continue to increase and to expand their range.
PBS - Harriman: Richard Nelson - Discovering Alaska (1101 words)
Alaska's beauty is not just a reflection of nature's genius, but also of the human genius.
We newcomers to Alaska -- as well as the inheritors of these traditions in Alaskan Native communities today -- might benefit by learning the ways in which Alaska's land and natural communities have been known, and by the wisdom of treating nature as an abiding place for spiritual power.
Much of Alaska today remains as spectacular, as wild, as naturally diverse today as it was when the original Harriman Expedition traveled along this coast a century ago.
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