Kuskokwim River - Name

Name

The river's name comes from the Yupik (Eskimo), kusquqviim, recorded by a Russian sailor in 1826. An obsolete Tanana (Athabaskan) name for the river was Chin-ana. Upper Kuskokwim (Kolchan) is often used to mean the people of the upper parts of the river, while Eskimo people live along the lower river.

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