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Ukshivik

Ukshivik

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  • Kodiak Island
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on Barling Bay, on SE coast of Kodiak I.

History of Ukshivik

Former Eskimo village or camp published as "Ukshivikag-miut" on the Russian American Company's 1849 map. Baker (1906, p. 649) wrote, "Ukshivik means a winter village from Ukshuk (winter), and vik, the locative termination."