Sleetmute
Bethel (CA) · USGS GNIS name record 1409747
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Original USGS record for Sleetmute ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 02/15/2011 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
population 122, on E bank of Kuskokwim River 1.5 mi. N of its junction with Holitna River, 78 mi. E of Aniak; Stony River low.
Eskimo village mentioned in 1907 by Gordon (1917, p. 109-119), who spelled it "Sikmiut." "Sleitmut") was published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1913 and reported to mean "stones people" or "whetstone people." village was 133 in 1930; 86 in 1939; and 120 in 1950.
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