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Children of Makushin, late 19th century. (Granade Collection, University of Alaska Anchorage, Archives and Manuscripts Department)
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Published: October 23rd, 2009 01:45 PM
Last Modified: October 23rd, 2009 02:24 PM
Link: Dutch Harbor Fisherman Elderly former residents of the abandoned Aleutian villages of Makushin and Kashega and descendants of villagers were recently guests of the National Park Service in a return boat trip to the Makushin village site. Villagers were evacuated by the U.S. during World War II and weren't allowed to return after the war. The September trip was the first in the Park Service's Lost Aleutian Villages project to document settlements permanently left behind in the evacuations. Nick Galaktionoff of Unalaska had hoped to return to Makushin to look for a box he buried in his family home before he left the village. At the last minute, he was unable to go. Those who made the trip brought him back some soil and a nail as relics of the village. The Kashega portion of the trip had to be called off because of bad weather.
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