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January 1970
Welcome to BBNC Formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of December 18, 1971, Bristol Bay Native Corporation has approximately 8,400 shareholders who are Eskimo, Indian and Aleut. BBNC is a diversified holding company. Investments and services include a stock portfolio, architectural design, cardlock fueling, corporate services, corrosion inspection, environmental engineering and remediation, oilfield … Continued
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January 1970
Up Close Place Name: Cetuyraq Native Name: Estuyaraq Native Language: Yup’ik English Name: New Stuyahok Language : Yup’ik Type: Village Meaning: Place to go downriver   Source: Place names Up-River Tape 3a, 1996; Jacobson, Steven A. 1984 :114; Alaska Department of Community & Economic Development; Vanstone, James W, Volume 56 Number 3, 1968:220; Orth, Donald … Continued
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January 1970
Ekwok is located along the Nushagak River, 43 miles northeast of Dillingham. Ekwok means “end of the bluff” and is the oldest continuously-occupied Yup’ik Eskimo village on the river. During the 1800s, the settlement was used in the spring and summer as a fish camp and in the fall as a base for berry picking. … Continued