Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta · AK
Mekoryuk
The Cup'ig village of Nunivak Island and its musk oxen.
- Population
- 206 (2020 census)
- Musk oxen arrive
- 1934
- Incorporated
- 1969
Then
- 1821
Russian explorers count 400 people in 16 villages.
- 1920
Reindeer herding begins.
- 1934
34 musk oxen are brought from Greenland to save the species.
Now
The Nunivak herd numbers about 500, and its calves have restocked other parts of Alaska.