Mamterilleq

Mamterilleq is a Yup’ik place on the lower Kuskokwim River. Its name refers to a place with many raised caches, and the people associated with it are known as Mamterillermiut. Fish camps and stores along the river were important in a landscape where salmon returned each summer. Mamterilleq belonged to a network of Yup’ik villages whose people visited one another for ceremonies and exchange. The wide Kuskokwim connected these communities with the coast and with settlements farther upriver.