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	Gambell, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gambell is located on the northwest cape of St.
		Gambell was hired as a schoolteacher and the Gambells came to the island in 1894.
		Gambell and Savoonga received joint title to most of the land on St. Lawrence Island under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gambell,_Alaska (557 words)

	Gambell Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Gambell, Alaska is located on the western end of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea.
		Gambell, like Savoonga, which is also located on St. Lawrence Island, has many first-class ivory carvers and scrimshanders whose work commands high prices around the world.
		Gambell's school, home of the King Polar Bears, is the newest in the district, and was completed in the summer of 1995.
	www.bssd.org /schools/sites/GAM/gambell.htm (431 words)

	17(3&4): Biographical notes
		William Schneider is a curator of oral history for the Alaska Polar Regions Department, Elmer Rasmuson Library, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
		Marie Meade is a Yup'ik linguist from Nunapitchuk, Alaska.
		She is a cultural anthropologist who has worked in Alaska for the past 28 years in the fields of education, oral history and oral tradition, and ethnographic research.
	aqr.uaa.alaska.edu /17_3&4/bionotes.htm (490 words)

	Eskimo traditions melt away with every generation / Marriages were far more complex than just saying, 'I do'
		Gambell, Alaska -- When it became clear that the elders in this isolated Eskimo village on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea approved of the marriage, Clifford Apatiki's relatives did what was required of them: They bought him his bride.
		"Gambell, it has changed quite a bit now," said Winfred James, 82, one of the village's most knowledgeable elders, one recent evening in his living room, where he was watching a CNN interview of Sen. John Kerry and his wife.
		The annual mean temperature has risen in Alaska 5.4 degrees over the last 30 years, and the climate change has shortened the season for whale hunting because the ice that provides the right conditions for whales has begun to melt earlier in the spring.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/a/2004/08/29/MNG108F47E1.DTL&type=printable (1671 words)

	UNH Magazine Spring 01--Guest Column
		Chris was born and raised here in the village of Gambell, Alaska, on the northwest tip of Saint Lawrence Island.
		Talk to anyone who lives in Gambell: every villager can provide you with a list of relatives or close friends who are or were victims of various kinds of cancer.
		In many ways, Alaska is still a vast wilderness, where every day the mind is confronted with the incomprehensible: the sheer mass of Denali, the unforgiving cold, the strength of the people, the awesome power of the grizzly and the mystic lights of the aurora borealis.
	www.unhmagazine.unh.edu /sp01/wrbsp01.html (791 words)

	The Bowhead Whale: Literature Cited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC) voted in January to abide by the International Whaling Commission quota of 12 whales landed or 18 struck. The AEWC also assigned quotas to eight whaling villages. They claim the bowhead population is actually higher than estimate of between 680-1300.
		Five students from Kodiak, Alaska, visited Point Hope whaling camps in spring 1977 and describe briefly their experiences and whaling activities observed. The first whale taken this spring at Point Hope was a 29-footer, captured by Billy Weber and his crew a couple of days before the students arrived there on May 3.
		A resolution was passed by the Alaska Missionary Conference of the United Methodist Church, in session at Anchorage, June 16, 1979, in support of the recommendations of the Alaska (Eskimo) Whaling Commission in reference to the subsistence harvesting of bowhead whales.
	nmml.afsc.noaa.gov /CetaceanAssessment/bowhead/BowheadBib.htm (8975 words)

	WINGS Birding Tours to Alaska in Fall: Migration and Specialties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Many birdwatchers have been to Alaska in late spring or early summer searching for the region's special breeding birds and for vagrants from Asia.
		Most nesting species are still present, their numbers augmented by young of the year, and major aggregations of both water and land birds are staging along the coast in preparation for their flights south to Asia or the Americas.
		Early fall temperatures at Gambell are milder than in the spring, with highs in the 40s F and sometimes even in the 50s F..
	www.wingsbirds.com /tours/alaskafall.htm (1069 words)

	Gambell Presbyterian Church~ St. Lawrence Island, Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Vene C. Gambell went to the remote village-35 miles east of Siberia, 185 miles West of Nome, AK.
		The Gambells drowned in the cold arctic waters.
		Today Gambell Presbyterian Church serves a subsistence village of Yupik Eskimos in Gambell and natives in Provideniya and the outlying villages in the Russian Far East.
	www.gambellpresbyterian.org (429 words)

	Gambell, Alaska, artist listing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The economy in Gambell is largely based upon subsistence harvests from the sea - seal, walrus, fish and bowhead and gray whales.
		The Eskimo village of Gambell is located on the northwestern coast of St. Lawrence Island in the western Bering Sea.
		The most prominent of these is the Gambell Native Store which stocks a variety of food and beverage items, some clothing, fuel, ammunition and some firearms.
	www.bssd.org /eskimo_art/villages/gambell/gambell.html (844 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One of the other sightings from Gambell on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea - could describe an Air Force AWACS radar surveillance aircraft, Haller said.
		But the Air Force, which operates two AWACS in Alaska, said neither plane was in the air that night.
		The object was traveling from west to east over the Island and was estimated to be flying at 30,000 to 40,000 feet.
	www.textfiles.com /ufo/UFOBBS/1000/1376.ufo (351 words)

	Gambell Landscapes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It never got completely dark at Gambell, Alaska during late May. This shot of the moon in the western sky was taken at 4:00 a.m.
		This is where I stayed on Gambell as the guest of Winnie James.
		This is the remains of a February whale hunt left on the beach to feed the birds and scavenger mammals (May 2002).
	www.wildbirdphotos.com /landscapesgambell.htm (325 words)

	ASGP Alaska Teacher Resource Manual Highlights
		A similiar version of the Alaska Teacher Resource Manual will be available in print without some of the features made possible by the Internet.
		Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation - a public corporation created to develop aerospace related economic and technical opportunities for the State of Alaska.
		This is a listing of individuals in the State of Alaska who are willing to help others learn more about the aerospace field.
	www.gi.alaska.edu /pfrr/ASGP/MISC/RESOURCE.HTM (316 words)

	North American Birds: Gambell, Alaska, Autumn 2002: First North American records of Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Bering Sea region in western Alaska is well known to most North American birders as the place to go to find Asian migrants and vagrants, Alaska specialties, and spectacular seabird concentrations.
		At Gambell, the number of observers in spring has increased, with many visiting the village area as participants on scheduled birding tours that generally last about a week.
		Gambell, Alaska, is a Siberian Yupik village on Saint Lawrence Island and is home to some 700 people.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4104/is_200301/ai_n9215219 (1373 words)

	eBird \|\| North America's destination for birding on the Web
		Gambell, one of two Siberian Yupik villages on the island, is located in the northwest corner of the island.
		The following is a summary of the species noted at Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska between 23 August and 2 October 2002.
		I took the group back to Nome on the 28th and then returned to Gambell on the 30th, with George remaining at Gambell.
	www.ebird.org /content/news/PLGambell2002_P1.html (459 words)

	WINGS Birding Tours to Alaska in spring: Gambell and Nome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For the veteran birdwatcher there is island birdwatching at Gambell, where in most years an exciting variety of species from Asia occur.
		Finally, there is Alaska itself, huge, wild, varied but always beautiful: the icy shores of the Bering Sea and mountainous vastness of the Seward Peninsula.
		Gambell is a Yupik village of about 650 persons at the northwestern tip of St. Lawrence Island.
	www.wingsbirds.com /tours/alaska1.htm (768 words)

	Indigenous Action Network - For Native Alaskans, Tradition Is Yielding to Mode (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		GAMBELL, Alaska - When it became clear that the elders in this isolated Eskimo village on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea approved of the marriage, Clifford Apatiki's relatives did what was required of them: They bought him his bride.
		They called on their relatives, here in Gambell, over in Savoonga, the other Yupik village on this island 38 miles from the Chukchi peninsula in Russia, and across Alaska, to send them things - sealskins, rifles, bread, a toaster, a house full of gifts.
		"Gambell, it has changed quite a bit now," said Winfred James, 82, one of the village's most knowledgeable elders, one recent evening in his living room, where he was watching a CNN interview with Senator John Kerry and his wife.
	www.cs.org /forum/printthread.cfm?Forum=9&Topic=69 (696 words)

	Grand Alaska: Gambell/Nome Pre-trip, Birding Tours & Trips - birding tours, birding cruises - Victor Emanuel Nature ...
		When spring arrives on the shores of Alaska and Siberia and thousands of birds rush northward to claim their nesting territories, some of these small navigators make big mistakes.
		The Yup'ik village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island is one such strategic point.
		Gambell birding can be quite fabulous; remarkable strays that have occurred here include Black-tailed Gull, Oriental Pratincole, Green Sandpiper, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Stonechat, Dusky Thrush, Eurasian Bullfinch, and many others.
	www.ventbird.com /tour/301?kblib=c63d0a656b96223aa3a05d594f08dd19 (377 words)

	30 boaters missing in Bering Sea, Coast Guard launches search for missing Russians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is searching the Bering Sea today for unknown number of boaters aboard five aluminum skiffs that didn't return to Providenija, Russia Tuesday evening after a roundtrip journey to Gambell, Alaska, about 675 miles northwest of Anchorage.
		Alaska State Troopers reported the missing skiffs to the Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center in Juneau at 11:20 p.m.
		Richard Napowkahuk, a Gambell village police officer, called the Coast Guard at midnight and said eight skiffs arrived safely in Providenija and five skiffs remained missing.
	www.uscg.mil /D17/allnews/news99/16199.htm (241 words)

	Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Director Jerry Beale shakes the hand of Red Boucher, a WWII veteran and the 2004 Veterans Day ceremony keynote speaker at the National Guard Armory Nov. 11, 2004.
		Santa Claus are greeted by residents in Gambell, Alaska.
		The Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska National Guard, Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Salvation Army, and dozens of other groups and individuals are deeply involved in supporting the event.
	www.ak-prepared.com /vetaffairs/photos.htm (801 words)

	Ulimaaq: Alaskan Art & Handmade Gifts: Anchorage, Alaska. - Native Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		She is Siberian Yu'pik Eskimo refering to the dialect that only the peoples from St. Lawrence Island and the Eastern most coast of Russia speak.
		Dillingham is located in South Central Alaska, approxiamately 350 miles south west of Anchorage.
		Where the Northern part of Alaska is barren tundra and freezing temperatures, the Southeast is lush with greenery and has a fairly mild climate.
	www.ulimaaq.net /392050.html (430 words)

	Gambell, Alaska (Cities)
		Gambell is located in Nome Census Area, just 38 miles from the Siberian coastline.
		President Roosevelt established a reindeer reservation in Gambell in 1903, after reindeer were introduced to St. Lawrence Island for local use.
		Over 96 percent of the population of Gambell are Alaska Natives.
	www.ohwy.com /usa/alaska/gambell (108 words)

	Browse Database - Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Gambell, Alaska is a Yup'ik-speaking community on the Bering Sea, where sea mammals are still major source of food.
		Immaluuraq (Joe Sun) grew up moving among seasonal camps in Kobuk River region of Alaska, tells of prophet, Maniilaq, who was his great uncle.
		Walrus and whales are hunted by Eskimos of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island.
	www.idls.org /doclib/basicbrowse/browsel2.asp?CatID1=13&catid2=214 (363 words)

	Gambell School - Gambell, Alaska / AK - school information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alaska uses the TerraNova CAT/6 to test students in grades 4,5,7 and 9 in reading, writing and math.
		In 2002-2003 Alaska used the Alaska Benchmark Exam to test students in grades 3, 6 and 8.
		The Alaska Benchmark Exam is a standards-based test, which means that it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Alaska.
	www.greatschools.net /modperl/achievement/ak/55 (329 words)

	Chukotka
		Elizabeth Morgan, pastor of the Gambell Presbyterian Church; the Rev. Janice Stamper, pastor of the Savoonga Presbyterian Church; Lloyd Perrigo from Nome; the Rev. Howard Slwooko, and Commissioned Lay Preacher Timothy Gologergen, Alaskan missionaries to Chukotka.
		Two of the adults had given their lives to the Lord at Gambell, and two of the youths said they had previously made some commitment to the Lord, which was reaffirmed and strengthened at camp.
		Lloyd Perrigo was asked to go to Gambell on CNCM’s behalf and to minister to those who came by boat from Chukotka to celebrate with the people of St. Lawrence Island the Fourth of July.
	www.yukonpresbytery.com /YukonPresbytery/Northwest/Chukotka.htm (3119 words)

	Surfbirds Birding Trip Report: Gambell, Alaska Fall 2003 Trip Report August 26 —September 10, 2003
		The Gambell temperature ranged from a low of 37(F) to a high one day of 52; however, the constant and generally strong winds frequently dropped the wind chill an additional 10 to 15 degrees, especially at sea watch.
		A Gambell fall spectacle is the feeding flock of Short-tailed Shearwaters in the Bering Sea off of the North Beach.
		It is a casual migrant in Alaska, primarily in the fall and in the Commander Islands (AOU, 1998).
	www.surfbirds.com /trip_report.php?id=652 (2223 words)

	The Seoul Times
		GAMBELL, Alaska — When it became clear that the elders in this isolated Eskimo village on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea approved of the marriage, Clifford Apatiki's relatives did what was required of them: They bought him his bride.
		They called on their relatives, here in Gambell, over in Savoonga, the other Yupik village on this island 38 miles from the Chukchi peninsula in Russia, and across Alaska, to send them things — sealskins, rifles, bread, a toaster, a house full of gifts.
		Almost every house has a satellite dish, and the first cellular telephone tower was built, near the one-room trailer that serves as the police station, a few years ago.
	theseoultimes.com /ST/db/read.php?idx=921 (1723 words)

	gamcons
		This Constitution and By-laws shall be in effect when it is agreed to by a majority vote of the Village members voting in in election called for the purpose by the Secretary of the Interior, provided that at least 30 percent of the voting membership take part.
		The persons entitled to vote are all the adult native residents in the Village of Gambell.
		This Constitution and By-laws is hereby approved by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior and submitted for acceptance or rejection by the group of Eskimos having a common bond of living together in in the Village of Gambell, Alaska, in an election called and held under the Instructions of the Secretary of the Interior.
	thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/gamcons.html (1009 words)

	Writing Truth, Three Generations
		Her sculpture is featured in The Anchorage Museum of History and Art, The Alaska Shop on Madison in New York City, and in many private and corporate collections in Alaska, New York, and San Francisco.
		He was the first chairman of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission and traveled extensively during his term.
		He loved to read and write, and worked as a translator for the church, a substitute teacher, and as an assistant to the early archeologists that excavated on the island in the early 30s and 40s.
	litsite.alaska.edu /uaa/aktraditions/truth.html (760 words)

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