In the 1970's the villages of Shishmaref and Point contacted the office of then Governor Bill Egan concerning the erosion of the land on which the villages had been built.  Shishmaref village elders opted to stay where they were.  Point 
Hope elders chose to move up the beach toward a location know as Jabbertown ( a name given to the area as elders who would not let European whalers mix with the local residents.)  Subsequent to the move, the village elders decided the new village location was too far from the Pt Hope graveyard chose a new location adjacent to the graveyard.  As viewed from the air you could see a new gravel ridge building about every 80 years on the South coast of the peninsula Pt Hope was located.  The North Coast was eroding and some of the underground meet caches were being destroyed after the October and March storms.  In the old village location there were still some people living in sod houses that would also tend to flood during these winter storms. More info: