Umkumiut

Umkumiut is a seasonal hunting and fishing camp[1] 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.[2]

It was also the spring camp site for residents of Nightmute.[3]

The word Umkumiut literally means "people of Umkuuk," which are the name of the cliffs above the village. [4]

References

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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

60°30′N 165°12′W