Chenega Bay

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Chenega Bay is a small coastal community in Alaska, traditionally inhabited by the Alutiiq people and known for its fishing, subsistence lifestyle, and history of relocation after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake and tsunami.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place
community
village
affectedBy 1964 Alaska tsunami
1964 Alaska earthquake
surface form: 1964 Good Friday earthquake
coast Prince William Sound
country United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnicGroup Sugpiaq people
surface form: Alutiiq people
hasCulturalHeritage Alutiiq traditions
Sugpiaq traditions
hasEconomicBase fisheries
marine resources
hasHistory post-1964 relocation to a new site
pre-contact Alutiiq settlement
hasLifestyle subsistence-based
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity commercial fishing
subsistence fishing
subsistence gathering
subsistence hunting
hasRelocated yes
indigenousCommunity yes
isCoastalSettlement true
knownFor Alutiiq
surface form: Alutiiq culture

fishing
relocation after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake
relocation after the 1964 tsunami
subsistence lifestyle
languageTraditionallySpoken Alutiiq
surface form: Alutiiq language

English
locatedIn Alaska
Valdez–Cordova Census Area
surface form: Chugach Census Area

Prince William Sound
Southcentral Alaska
surface form: south-central Alaska
locatedInTimeZone Alaska Time Zone
locatedOn coastline of Prince William Sound
partOf Southcentral Alaska
surface form: Chugach region

Prince William Sound Native villages
surface form: Prince William Sound communities
populationCharacteristic small population
relocationReason destruction by 1964 earthquake and tsunami
state Alaska
traditionalInhabitants Sugpiaq people
surface form: Alutiiq people

Sugpiaq people

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M/V Chenega namedAfter Chenega Bay