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population 30, on King I., in Bering Sea W of Seward Peninsula, 43 mi. S of Cape Prince of Wales.
HistoryEskimo village reported by Dall (1877, p. 15); this was also the Eskimo name for King Island. Recorded in the 1880 Census as "Ookivok" by Petroff (1884, map). The 1890 Census (1893, p. 145) reported "The only Alaskan people residing in cliff dwellings * * * enlarged from the cavernous fissures that exist on the island," population 200. Balcom (1965, p. 32) wrote, "Most of the inhabitants moved to Nome and other places to find employment, as King Island is inaccesible part of the year because of its location and weather."
