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7 unusual facts about Crow Village


Chuathbaluk, Alaska

In 1954, the Crow Village Sam Phillips family from Crow Village resettled the mission, and were joined later by individuals from Aniak and Crooked Creek.

Crow Village, Alaska

The first recorded history of Crow Village was in 1843 by Lt. Lavrenty Zagoskin who was dispatched by the Russian Navy to conduct reconnaissance in the Alaska Interior for potential forts and trading posts.

Crow Village was originally called Tulukaghogamiut by the native Yup'ik population, which roughly translates as "Raven Village People".

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 resulted in Crow Village Sam receiving ownership of the land encompassing Crow Village.

Archaeologist Aleš Hrdlička recovered some bone material from Old Crow Village in 1930 and reportedly took some pictures.

Ohagamiut, Alaska

Ohagamiut (Urr’agmiut in Central Alaskan Yup'ik) was a Yup'ik village along the Kuskokwim River in the Bethel Census Area of the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska, located between Crow Village and Kalskag.

Upper Kalskag, Alaska

Over the years, residents of Crow Village, Ohagamiut, Russian Mission, and Paimute also moved to the village.



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