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Dillingham

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THE VILLAGE

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The area around Dillingham was inhabited by both Yup'ik and Athabascans. It became a trade center when Russians erected the Alexandrovski Redoubt Post in 1818. Local Native groups and Natives from the Kuskokwim Region, the Alaska Peninsula, and Cook Inlet mixed together as they came to visit or live at the post. The community was known as Nushagak by 1837, when a Russian Orthodox mission was established. In 1881 the U.S. Signal Corps established a meteorological station at Nushagak. In 1884 the first salmon cannery in the Bristol Bay region was constructed by Arctic Packing Co., east of the site of modern-day Dillingham. Ten more were established within the next seventeen years. The post office at Snag Point and town were named after U.S. Senator Paul Dillingham in 1904, who had toured Alaska extensively with his Senate subcommittee during 1903. The 1918-19 influenza epidemic struck the region, and left no more than 500 survivors. A hospital and orphanage were established in Kanakanak after the epidemic, six miles from the present-day city center. The Dillingham townsite was first surveyed in 1947. The city was incorporated in 1963. 

Traditionally a Yup'ik area with Russian influences, Dillingham is now a highly integrated population of non-natives and Alaska Natives. The outstanding commercial fishing opportunities in the Bristol Bay area are the focus of the local culture.

AMA WORKERS

Todd & Gina Parker

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Pastor Todd and Gina Parker accepted the call to serve the Dillingham Alaska district in 2020 where they pastor two churches--Dillingham & Togiak--and 21 surrounding villages.
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How You Can Help

Center of Influence
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NEED: $12,000
A new component of the AMA ministry, Centers of Influence will focus on establishing facilities to serve the 21 surrounding villages.

Center of Influence
Infrastructure
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NEED: $7,500
Help transform Dillingham into a Center of Influence by supporting church and parsonage facility improvements.

Infrastructure
Send-a-Kid to Camp
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NEED: $7,500
Dillingham is home to Camp Polaris, the AMA children's resident camp. Help kids enjoy a life-changing experience.

Send-A-Kid to Camp

ADOPT-A-VILLAGE SUPPORTERS

Pastoral Todd and Gina Parker are recent additions to the Dillingham community. xxxxx

Accomplishments

  • Established church and parsonage
  • Adventist K-8 school and gymnasium
  • Radio Station | KUBY-LP 101.7 FM
  • AMA Resident Camp Location

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