Kiliii Yuyan Photographer

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The Yup'ik have hunted and fished Gambell's prolific seas for thousands of years. The village bears the scars of waves of cultural genocide, beginning with European whalers who brought an epidemic that killed over 75% of the population. Today, the Yup'ik have had to abandon the use of their traditional skinboats for hunting as well, as the sea ice has vanished and along with it, the walrus herds.

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