Siberian Yupik names from the native villages of Gambell and Savoonga, Alaska, 2016-2018

• Main Author: Jon Rosales
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: Siberian Yupik names; SIberian Yupik names and meanings translated in to English; Bering Strait; Rosales; Savoonga; Siberian Yupik; Yupik; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2M902301

This dataset includes Siberian Yupik names from Gambell and Savoonga, Alaska dating to the early 19th Century. There are roughly 4,000 names in the set and English translations for a subset of about 1,500. Included are birthdates or birthyears for many names and other US Census identifiers (e.g. census location, father's ethnicity, and so forth). The names were compiled in search of individuals named after significant storm events. Those individual's birth dates could then be used as a proxy for storm event dates. This would enable us to construct a chronology of storm events in these two villages and coupled with measuring driftwood debris lines address the ultimate question of this study - are storm events intensifying in the Bering Strait Region? The data are not publicly available because the tribe has not consented to sharing them. Please contact Jon Rosales for more information at [e-mail]