Geography
Holikachuk Village is located in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area on the north bank of the Innoko River.
Holikachuk[ pronunciation? ] or Huligachagat (Xiyighelinghdi in Holikachuk language, Xiyeghelinghdi in Deg Xinag) is an abandoned village on the Innoko River in the U.S. state of Alaska.
A post office operated here from 1941 to 1964. [1] The residents of Holikachuk relocated to Grayling in 1962. [2] The name of the village is also the source for the name of the Holikachuk Athabaskan language.
Holikachuk Village is located in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area on the north bank of the Innoko River.
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1890 | 114 | — | |
| 1940 | 77 | — | |
| 1950 | 98 | 27.3% | |
| 1960 | 122 | 24.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census [3] | |||
Holikachuk first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as the unincorporated community of "Holikitsak." It next appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as "Holocachaket." In 1950 and 1960, it returned as Holikachuk. Owing to its abandonment in the 1960s, it has not appeared on the census since.
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Holikachuk was an Athabaskan language formerly spoken at the village of Holikachuk (Hiyeghelinhdi) on the Innoko River in central Alaska. In 1962, residents of Holikachuk relocated to Grayling on the lower Yukon River. Holikachuk is intermediate between the Deg Xinag and Koyukon languages, linguistically closer to Koyukon but socially much closer to Deg Xinag. Though it was recognized by scholars as a distinct language as early as the 1840s, it was only definitively identified in the 1970s. Of about 180 Holikachuk people, only about 5 spoke the language in 2007. In March 2012, the last living fluent speaker of Holikachuk died in Alaska.
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Coordinates: 62°55′56″N159°32′41″W / 62.93222°N 159.54472°W
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