Kwik'Pak Region - "Kuigpagmiut Neqsurtet" (Lower yukon fish People)
Welcome to our region!
Kwik’Pak Fisheries was established by Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association in 2001 to provide for and insure a fair market to resident commercial fishermen of the Lower Yukon River. Kwik’Pak Fisheries has also established many opportunities in the region through mixed community revenue sources. From fur, fish, log purchasing, and the establishment of the Kwik’Pak Fisherman Store, Kwik’Pak Fisheries provides the organizational structure for regional residents to economically prosper from their cultural land resources and employment.
Kwik’Pak Fisheries is located in Western Alaska at the mouth of the mighty Yukon River. Within the Lower Yukon region reside the Yupik people. The Yupik people are rich in culture and value the land as their main source of survival. The Yupik have subsisted off these lands and waters for over 10,000 years. As the Yupik residents reside in the Lower Yukon region, they continue to be avid hunters of the Yukon River and Bering Sea due to the abundance of subsistence. Of these marine animals, the people have mainly survived off seals and salmon. This is the reason, the Yupik people of the Lower Yukon Region are known as “The Fish People.” SEE MORE REGIONAL INFO...
Yupik Values:
Every Yup'ik is responsible to all other Yup'iks for survival of our cultural spirit, and the values and traditions through which it survives. Through our extended family, we retain, teach, and live our Yup'ik way.
With guidance and support from our elders we must teach our children Yup'ik values:
-Love for Children
-Respect for Others
-Sharing
-Humility
-Hard work
-Spirituality
-Cooperation
-Family Roles
-Knowledge of family tree
-Knowledge of Language
-Hunter Success
-Domestic Skills
-Avoid conflict
-Humor
-Respect for nature
-Respect for Land
-Respect for Nature
By the design of our Creator we were created Yup'ik in space and time; proud, for generations to come, of the values given to us by our Creator.