Stony River (Alaska)
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- Community map, Stony River, 1979
- GNIS, Oct. 17, 2002(Stony River, populated place; Bethel County 614̊6'59"N, 1563̊5'17"W)
- Lippincott (1998)(Stony River, Alaska)
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Wikipedia description:
Stony River (Gidighuyghatno’ Xidochagg Qay’ in Deg Xinag, K'qizaghetnu Hdakaq’ in Dena'ina) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 54 at the 2010 census, down from 61 in 2000. Native inhabitants are mixed Athabaskan and Yup'ik ancestry of Alaska Native. 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.
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