Nakaar (Clayton Amos) at Nunarrlugarmiut fishcamp, July 2004. (Howard T. Amos photo)

Carer (Nan Kiokun) "turning split chum salmon on the drying rack. These fish are turned every 3-4 days and will be sufficiently dry to bundle in approximately two weeks, weather permitting. Drying racks are made from driftwood as there is no timber on the island." July 2, 1965. (Text and photo by Jerry Hout)

Qiawigar (Kay Hendrickson) traveling near Ingrimiut for fishcamp, 1965.
(Jerry Hout photo, courtesy Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge)

Nuniwarmiut Kassiyurtait, Camai Dance Festival, Bethel, April 16, 2004.
(Alex DeMarban Photo, courtesy of Tundra Drums)

Nuniwarmiut Kassiyurtait, Camai Dance Festival,
Bethel, April 16, 2004. (Bethel Council on the Arts photo)

Nuniwarmiut Kassiyurtait, 2003 Camai Dance Festival,
Bethel, Alaska. (Bethel Council on the Arts photo)

Skinning and gutting reindeer, Mekoryuk,
January 16, 2004. (Robert Drozda photo)

Anguksuar, Ruben Richards. The youngest member of Nuniwarmiut Kassiyurtait at AFN's Quyana Alaska. Anchorage, October 23, 2003. (Robert Drozda photo)

Nuniwarmiut Kassiyurtait prepare for dancing at Quyana Alaska. Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention, Anchorage. October 23, 2003. (Robert Drozda photo)

Mekoryuk below church and old store, 1956. (Margaret Lantis photo)

Mekoryuk boat harbor, August 2001.
(Howard Amos photo)

Joe Chase herding reindeer into a smaller corral, Reindeer roundup and butchering, Mekoryuk, early August 1954. (Peter Stettenheim photo)

Leonard Olrun removing dried salmon from racks at Ucingurmiut across from Mecagmiut, August 1982.
(Steve Kaufman photo, courtesy Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge)

George Williams Sr. (Can'irralria) and his late wife Elsie (Caq'ar) preparing chum salmon seine net at Tacirmiut, July 1965. (Jerry Hout photo, courtesy Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge)

Bertha Andrew fileting dolly varden trout at Mekoryuk,
July 3rd, 1972. (David Cline photo, courtesy Yukon Delta
National Wildlife Refuge)

Nunivak couple removing blubber from bearded seal.
Mekoryuk, late May, 1954 (photo by Peter Stettenheim)