Aalaa Kkaakk'et

Allakaket lies on the south bank of the Koyukuk River in interior Alaska, southwest of where the Alatna joins it. Koyukon Athabascan families lived here and moved seasonally among camps to follow fish and game, while neighbouring Eskimo peoples traded with them along the river. This network of camps and river routes made the Koyukuk a corridor for subsistence, exchange, and encounter.

Salmon, whitefish, moose, bear, small game, berries, and caribou provided much of the food, while trapping and handicrafts brought in some income. The river is ice-free from June through October. Life in the settlement depended on the river's seasonal abundance and on the floods that periodically reshaped the ground beside it.