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Chuloonawick, Alaska
Unincorporated community in Alaska, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chuloonawick[n 1] ("the place where they salt fish" in Yupik),[4] officially known as Chuloonawick Native Village,[5] is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States. It has no remaining structures and was located between the cities of Emmonak and Kotlik.[6]
The village was inhabited by the Chuloonawick tribe and currently functions as a fishing camp.[7][8]
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Chuloonawick was first recorded as "Kwikpakamiut" ("Kwikpak" for short) by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1879.[9]
According to the Associated Press in 1969, Chuloonawick had approximately 130 residents.[10] That year, the Alaska House of Representatives passed a resolution to request the federal government to establish a post office in the village.[6] After the site was abandoned, its residents moved to nearby Emmonak.[9]
In 2011, former tribal administrator Kathleen Lamont (née Blanket) was sentenced to 12 months in prison for embezzlement. She used roughly $100,000 of the village's funds on personal expenses and gambling between 2004 and 2007.[11][12]
While the Chuloonawick tribe currently lives in Emmonak, they consider the site their home. As of 2024, there are plans to redevelop the land.[9]
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