Stony River (''Gidighuyghatno’ Xidochagg Qay’'' in
Deg Xinag
Deg Xinag (Deg Hitan) is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Deg Hitʼan peoples of the GASH region. The GASH region consists of the villages of Grayling, Anvik, Shageluk, and Holy Cross along the lower Yukon River in Interior Alask ...
, ''K'qizaghetnu Hdakaq’'' in
Dena'ina) is a
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Bethel Census Area,
Alaska
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, United States. The population was 54 at the
2010 census,
down from 61 in 2000.
Native inhabitants are mixed
Athabaskan
Athabaskan ( ; also spelled ''Athabascan'', ''Athapaskan'' or ''Athapascan'', and also known as Dene) is a large branch of the Na-Dene language family of North America, located in western North America in three areal language groups: Northern, ...
and
Yup'ik
The Yupʼik or Yupiaq (sg & pl) and Yupiit or Yupiat (pl), also Central Alaskan Yupʼik, Central Yupʼik, Alaskan Yupʼik ( own name ''Yupʼik'' sg ''Yupiik'' dual ''Yupiit'' pl; Russian: Юпики центральной Аляски), are an ...
ancestry of
Alaska Native
Alaska Natives (also known as Native Alaskans, Alaskan Indians, or Indigenous Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of Alaska that encompass a diverse arena of cultural and linguistic groups, including the I ...
. Stony River village is the modern contact point between Yu'pik Eskimo and three distinct Athabaskan peoples:
Deg Hit'an,
Dena'ina, and
Upper Kuskokwim. Today there is considerable multilingualism in Stony River village between Yu'pik and three distinct Athabaskan languages.
[Priscilla Russell Kari 1985]
Wild resource use and economy of Stony River Village
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence. Technical Paper Number 108
Geography
The Stony River CDP is located at (61.787592, -156.591194)
on an island in the
Kuskokwim River
The Kuskokwim River or Kusko River ( Yupʼik: ''Kusquqvak''; Deg Xinag: ''Digenegh''; Upper Kuskokwim: ''Dichinanekʼ''; (''Kuskokvim'')) is a river, long, in Southwest Alaska in the United States. It is the ninth largest river in the Unit ...
at the mouth of the Stony River, approximately northeast (upriver) of
Bethel
Bethel (, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; ; ) was an ancient Israelite city and sacred space that is frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Bet ...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 36.71%, is water.
Demographics
Stony River first appeared on the 1970 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It was made a census-designated place (CDP) in 1980.
As of the census
of 2000, there were 61 people, 19 households, and 14 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 25 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 14.75%
White
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, 78.69%
Native American, and 6.56% from two or more races.
There were 19 households, out of which 52.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.21 and the average family size was 3.64.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 39.3% under the age of 18, 13.1% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 11.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 117.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 131.3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $20,714, and the median income for a family was $20,714. Males had a median income of $8,750 versus $0 for females. The
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the CDP was $5,469. There were 38.9% of families and 38.7% of the population living below the
poverty line
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, including 36.7% of those under 18 and none of those over 64.
Education
The
Kuspuk School District operates a K-12 rural school, Gusty Michael School.
See also
*
Stony River Airport
References
External links
History of Stony River
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Denaʼina
Census-designated places in Alaska
Census-designated places in Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Census-designated places in Unorganized Borough, Alaska
Deg Xitʼan
Yupik peoples