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The Upper Kuskokwim kinship is based on what is formally known as an Iroquois kinship and reflects the matrilineal clan system and the importance of cross cousin marriage. The Upper Kuskokwim social system characterized by unilineal descent and a division into three named, matrilineal, common descent or clan-like groups.
Kuskokwim is a loose transliteration of a Yupʼik word. It is a compound word meaning big slow moving thing. The Alaska Natives of Kuskokwim are Yupʼik Eskimo on the lower Kuskokwim, Deg Xitʼan Athabaskan on the middle Kuskokwim, Upper Kuskokwim Athabaskan on the upper Kuskokwim, and Koyukon Athabaskan on the North Fork, Lake Minchumina.
The Upper Kuskokwim language (also called Kolchan or Goltsan or Dinak'i) is an Athabaskan language of the Na-Dené language family. It is spoken by the Upper Kuskokwim people in the Upper Kuskokwim River villages of Nikolai, Telida, and McGrath, Alaska. About 40 of a total of 160 Upper Kuskokwim people (Dichinanek’ Hwt’ana) still speak the ...
McGrath (Tochak’ [4] in Upper Kuskokwim, Digenegh [5] in Deg Xinag) is a city [6] [7] and village on the Kuskokwim River in Alaska, United States. The population was 301 at the 2020 census. [8] Despite its small population, the village is an important transportation and economic hub for the area.
Unegkumiut, inhabiting the Lower Kuskokwim below Bethel to its mouth in Kuskowkim Bay. [34] [38] The word derives from unegkut, meaning "those downriver"; [35] hence, "downriver people". Kiatagmiut, inhabiting inland regions in the upper drainages of the Kuskowkim, Nushagak, Wood, and Kvichak river drainages.
The southeast flank of the Kuskokwim Mountains borders the rivers Kantishna, Kuskokwim, Holitna and Kogrukluk. In the northwest lie the Kaiyuh, Russian and Kilbuck Mountains as well as the rivers Innoko, Dishna and Iditarod. The range takes its name from the Kuskokwim River, which flows through the mountains, [2] as well as Aniak and Nowitna ...
Georgetown is located at on the north bank of the upper Kuskokwim River in the Kilbuck-Kuskokwim mountains. It is 16 miles (26 km) downstream of Red Devil just upstream of the mouth of the George River. Georgetown is accessible by boat, snowmobile (winter), or small plane.
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