Nome Coast

Sitnasuaq, the Iñupiaq name for Nome, lies on the southern shore of the Seward Peninsula overlooking Norton Sound. The coast was home to several Iñupiat communities, including people at the mouth of the Snake River and on nearby islands. Their world extended across the Bering Strait: established Indigenous trade networks carried goods from Siberia to northwest Alaska, where coastal gatherings brought people together to exchange, visit and celebrate.