Indian Removal Era Begins 1828-1849

1848

Commercial whaling destroys Yup‘ik, Inuit traditions

Commercial whalers cutting blubber from their harvest in Point Barrow, Alaska. Image: Alaska State Library, Rev. Samuel Spriggs Photograph Collection
Commercial whalers cutting blubber from their harvest in Point Barrow, Alaska. Image: Alaska State Library, Rev. Samuel Spriggs Photograph Collection

Commercial whalers begin hunting whale and walrus in the Bering Strait, decimating the whale and walrus populations on which Yup’ik and Inuit rely for sustenance and materials (Native Voices, "1848: Commercial whaling destroys Yup‘ik, Inuit traditions").

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