Ce'vaq

Cev’aq lies in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, a low country of winding rivers, lakes and tundra near the Bering Sea. Its people identify as Cup’ik, and their language is a distinct variety of Central Yup’ik. Before the arrival of outsiders, Cup’ik communities lived along the Kashunuk River; older settlements include Qissunaq and Qavinaq. Fishing and the seasonal harvest of birds and other animals joined the people of the river to the surrounding wetlands and coast. The waterways were both a source of food and routes between settlements.