Niugtaq

Niugtaq lies on the Ninglick River north of Nelson Island, amid the lakes and channels of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Its Yup’ik name means the rustling of grass. The people of this coast and Nelson Island are known as Qaluyaarmiut, or “dip-net people,” whose ancestors have lived in the region for thousands of years. Their seasonal movements joined winter settlements on the mainland with summer fishing camps on the island. Fish and marine animals were central to life in this treeless coastal country.