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Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center, Bethel, Alaska

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Kuskokwim Campus

Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center

PO Box 368

420 Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway

Bethel, Alaska 99559

1-907-543-4537 Coordinator

1-907-543-4547 Assistant Coordinator

1-907-543-4516 Library

1-907-543-1819 Museum Gift Shop

1-907-543-4543 Fax

Www.bethel.uaf.edu

Bethel and the surrounding villages (57) make up the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.

Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center

Bethel, Alaska 99559

On the banks of the Kuskokwim River

This small community in Southwest Alaska is located at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River, 40 miles inland from the Bering Sea and 400 air miles west of Anchorage. Bethel is the transportation center for dozens of Native villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. A federally recognized tribe is located in the community - the Orutsararmuit Native Council. The majority of the population is Alaska Native or part Native. The traditional Yup'ik Eskimo practices and language remain predominant in the area.