Caniqaq

Caniqaq is the Alutiiq name of Chenega, a fishing village of the Chugach Alutiiq in Prince William Sound. The name Chenega is said to mean "beneath the mountain". The original village stood on Chenega Island, and it was settled before Russian traders reached the area. The Chugach had lived around Prince William Sound for millennia, and when the Russian explorer Vitus Bering met them in 1741 they became the first Alaskan Native people to encounter him.