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The earlier village of Togiagamute is now within the adjacent Twin Hills CDP, and the old site is still occupied. [7] Togiak Station, about 7 miles south of the former Togiagamute, is now a ghost. The Togiak area became a draw for natives in the vicinity after the devastating influenza pandemic of 1918–19, which had almost wiped out many ...
Note that while the names of Alaska Native tribal entities often include "Village of" or "Native Village of," in most cases, the tribal entity cannot be considered as identical to the city, town, or census-designated place in which the tribe is located, as some residents may be non-tribal members and a separate city government may exist.
Togiak (Tuyuryaq) Traditional Village of Togiak: Togiak Natives Limited: Bristol Bay Native Corporation Toksook Bay (Nunakauyaq) Nunakauyarmiut Tribe (formerly the Native Village of Toksook Bay) Nunakauiak Yupik Corporation: Calista Corporation Tuluksak (Tuulkessaaq) Tuluksak Native Community: Tulkisarmute Inc. Calista Corporation Tuntutuliak ...
Togiak Airport (IATA: TOG, ICAO: PATG, FAA LID: TOG) is a state-owned, public-use airport located in Togiak Village, in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [ 1 ] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 1,781 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 6% from the ...
Many families still harvest the traditional subsistence resources, especially Pacific salmon and seal. The men's communal house, the qasgiq , was the community center for ceremonies and festivals that included singing, dancing, and storytelling .
Twin Hills is located at (59.077924, -160.284513), [6] at the northeast end of Togiak Bay and adjacent to the city of Togiak. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 23.1 square miles (59.7 km 2), of which 22.8 square miles (59.0 km 2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km 2), or 1.15%, is water.
The regional and village corporations are now owned by Alaska Native people through privately owned shares of corporation stock. Alaska Natives alive at ANCSA's enactment on December 17, 1971, who enrolled in a Native association (at the regional and/or village level) received 100 shares of stock in the respective corporation.
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge is in the Dillingham and Bethel Census Areas, Alaska. It is dominated by the Ahklun Mountains in the north and the cold waters of Bristol Bay to the south. The natural forces that have shaped this land range from the violent and powerful to the geologically patient.