The relocation was to avoid the yearly spring-winter migration to and from Umkumiut and Nightmute. Landmarks include Nightmute Airport. Nightmute is the birthplace of John Angaiak, yupik singer-songwriter.
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| Nightmute Market Tote | $37 |
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Negtemiut literally means ‘the people of the pressed-down place’. The first element is negte- ‘to press down on’. The suffix is -miut ‘people’.
It first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as the unincorporated Native village of "Nigtmuit". In 1950 and 1960, it was spelled "Nigtmute". In 1970, the spelling used was "Nightmute". It formally incorporated in 1974.
In 1964, many of its residents relocated by dogsled and founded the bayside community of Toksook Bay about 15 miles (24 km) downriver. The relocation was to avoid the yearly spring-winter migration to and from Umkumiut and Nightmute.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Nightmute, Alaska, revision 1374773821 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Nightmute's population was 306 in the 2020 U.S. Census, up from 280 in 2010.