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Basic Facts about Scammon Bay:
Basic Facts about Scammon Bay
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Yupik Name
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- Marayarmiut
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Location
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- Calista Region in the Yukon Delta on the Bering Sea
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Language
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- Yupik and English
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Population
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- Approx. 300
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Government
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- 2nd Class City
- City Council
- Traditional Council
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Corporations
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- Calista Regional Corp.
- Askinuk Corporation
- Sturnevik Herring Fish Corp.
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Economy
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- Mostly Subsistence Hunting and Fishing
- 5 Stores - Askinuk Misc.
- Aguchaks Merchantile
- Amukons
- Charlies
- Joeys
- 1 Theater - Hank William Ulak Memorial Theater
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Education
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- Lower Yukon School District REAA
Elementary School - 5 Teachers
High School - 4 Teachers
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Religion
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- Catholic Church
- Covenant Church
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Transportation
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- Small unpaved Airport Approx. 2500 feet
- unpaved road Approx. 1 mile
- Winter trail to surrounding Villages
- Summer trail to some villages by boat
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Communication
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Various newspapers including Tundra Drums, Daily News,
Tundra Times, Anchorage Times, etc.
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Communication
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- Television
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- Learn Alaska
- Cable T.V. 4 Stations
- STP Satellite T.V. Project
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- Phone
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- United Utilities
- Alascom
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- Radio
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- KNOM
- KICY
- Sometimes KYUK
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- Post Office
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- Mail Service
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Other
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- Community Hall
- Askinuk Royal Igloo
- Aguchak's Pool Parlor
- One gigantic Mountain
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This collection of student work is from Frank Keim's classes. He wants to share these works for others to use as an example of culturally-based curriculum and documentation. These documents have been OCR-scanned and are available for educational use only.