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



Point Hope, 1957 — Continued 



Village and area 



Population 



People 



Dogs 



Recent average 

 annual chum 

 salmon catch 



Rate of 



village 



dependency 



Yukon River to Seward Peninsula 



Stebbins 



St . Michaels 



Unalakleet 



Shaktoolik 



Total for area 



Seward Peninsula Koyuk to 

 Buckland : 



Koyuk 



Elim 



Golovin 



White Mountain 



Council 



Bluff 



Solomon 



Port Safety 



Fort Davis 



Nome 



Salmon Lake 



Teller 



Igloo 



Wales 



Shishmaref 



Deering 



Candle . 



Buckland 



Total for area 



Buckland to Point Hope: 



Kotzebue 



Noorvik 



Kiana 



Kobuk Lake 3 



Shungnak 



Kobuk 



Noatak 



Kivalina 



Point Hope 



Total for area 



Grand total 



152 

 160 

 510 

 149 



120 



120 



40 



128 



30 



1 



40 



2 



40 



1,500 



2 



250 



6 



100 



183 



110 



59 



114 



650 

 325 

 250 

 9 

 175 

 51 

 310 

 130 

 275 



127 

 100 

 360 



200 



200 



130 



49 



90 



20 



7 



30 



10 



6 



300 



5 



150 



9 



30 



300 



100 



37 



130 



500 

 535 

 400 



20 

 170 



80 

 375 

 125 

 250 



11,970 

 5,030 

 34,630 

 15,480 



67,110 



40,320 



14,300 



7,010 



15,920 



2,320 



640 



1,170 



600 



1,680 



62,300 



1,000 



8,500 



1,000 



150 



170 



24,780 



3,500 



11,500 



196,860 



36,520 

 61,630 

 70,400 



3,000 



46,680 



14,000 



29,420 



500 



2,520 



264,670 

 1,124,810 



Medium 

 Low 

 High 

 High 



High 



Medium 



High 



High 



High 



High 



Low 



Medium 



Medium 



Medium 



High 



Low 



High 



Low 



Low 



High 



Low 



Medium 



Low 



Medium 



High 



High 



High 



High 



Medium 



Low 



Low 



1 Village listed in correct geographical order, but salmon catch partly or wholly taken 

 in another area. 



2 Village located in a different geographical area, but portion of catch taken from area 

 listed. 



3 Not located on map. 



Source: Raleigh, 1958. 



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