Marayaarmiut

Marayaarmiut means “people of the little mudflats,” a Yup’ik name associated with the country near the mouth of the Kun River. The Askinuk Mountains rise behind the coastal lowlands, while wet tundra and many waterways spread eastward into the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Families moved through this region as fish, birds and other resources became available with the seasons. Their ancestors lived in a number of settlements along the coast and in the neighbouring lowlands, connected by travel over water and ice.