What is King Island, Alaska?
{{Location map |Alaska |label= |lat=64.966667<!-- note these are not the correct coordinates, but please don't change them--> |long=-167.483333 |position=right |width=300 |float=right |caption=Location in Alaska }} '''King Island''' is an [[island]] in the [[Bering Sea]], west of [[Alaska]]. In 2005 and 2006 the [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF) paid for a research project. They brought a few King Island people back to the Island. Some of the people had not been back in 50 years. [[James Cook]] was the first [[Europe]]an to see the island in 1778. He named the island after a person in his group called James King. It is part of the Bering Sea piece of the [[Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22730025/ Ancient mask returned to Alaska ghost village], MSNBC, January 18, 2008 * [http://oregonstate.edu/cla/anthropology/gallery/kingston Photogallery of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of King Island, Alaska] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20110613024100/http://oregonstate.edu/cla/anthropology/gallery/kingston |date=2011-06-13 }}, Oregon State University, October 28, 2008 * [http://www.riemunoz.com/kingIsland.htm Munoz photographs - King Island early 1950s] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105173250/http://www.riemunoz.com/kingIsland.htm |date=2013-11-05 }} * [http://203.86.194.7/Sites/kask/gems/KINGISLANDKAYAKSURVEY.pdf Survey of a King Island kayak] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916001931/http://203.86.194.7/Sites/kask/gems/KINGISLANDKAYAKSURVEY.pdf |date=2012-09-16 }} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Pacific islands]] [[Category:Islands of Alaska]]