Table 3. — Importance of chum salmon in food supply of villages, Cape Newenham to 



Point Hope, 1957 



Village and area 



Population 



People 



Dogs 



Recent average 

 annual chum 

 salmon catch 



Rate of 



village 



dependency 



Cape Newenham to Kuskokwim 

 River: 



Platinum 



Goodnews Bay 



Quinhagak 



Eek 1 



Total for area 



Kuskokwim River: 



Napaiskak 



Oscarville 



Kwethluk 



Akiak 



Tuluksak 



Ogalvik 



Aniak 



Sleetmute 



Stony River 



Wilsons 



Sterling Landing 



McGrath 



Medf ra-Nikolai 



Parks 



Crooked Creek 



Napamute 



Akiachak 



Bethel 



Napakiak 



Nunapitchuk 



Nunachuk 



Kasiglook 



Eek 2 



Tuntaluliag 



Kwigillingok 2 



Kipnuk 2 



Chef ornak 2 



Total for area 



Kuskokwim River to Yukon River: 



Kipnuk 1 



Chefornak 1 



Nightmute 



Tununak 



Chevak 



Hooper Bay 



Scammon Bay 



Total for area 



See footnotes at end of table 



40 



110 

 245 

 175 



170 

 40 

 240 

 191 

 150 



5 



162 



175 



55 



6 



5 

 200 

 100 



6 

 43 



1 



175 



1,000 



170 



250 



7 

 190 

 175 

 300 

 305 

 217 

 184 



217 

 184 

 205 

 120 

 250 

 415 

 120 



25 

 130 

 200 

 160 



200 

 35 

 150 

 200 

 175 



8 



340 



250 



55 



7 



9 



75 



175 



7 

 49 





 300 

 250 

 105 

 350 



9 

 200 

 160 

 400 

 350 

 300 

 161 



300 

 161 

 200 

 175 

 350 

 116 

 140 



40 



1,850 



9,540 



25,440 



36,870 



26,380 



10,000 



16,850 



13,520 



48,660 



1,240 



25,460 



35,640 



4,000 



1,000 



1,200 



500 



4,000 



1,300 



7,000 



200 



12,160 



98,930 



15,940 



23,400 



1,400 



28,200 



12,720 



59,620 



25,460 



20,000 



17,040 



511,820 



10,000 



8,520 



30 



30 



14,480 



12,150 



2,270 



47,480 



Low 

 Low 



Medium 

 High 



High 



High 



Medium 



Medium 



High 



High 



Medium 



High 



Medium 



High 



High 



Low 



Medium 



High 



High 



High 



Low 



High 



Medium 



Medium 



High 



Medium 



High 



High 



Medium 



Medium 



High 



Medium 



High 



Low 



Low 



Low 



Low 



Low 



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