Subsistence Lifestyle

All the residents of Kongiganak practice a traditional subsistence lifestyle.  That means that every season brings different resources for people to find and bring home.

Fall:

• When school starts, villagers are still berry picking every day, mostly for blueberries, salmonberries, and black berries.  After the first frost cranberries will also be picked.
• Moose hunting and bird hunting are also very prevalent in the fall season.
• Silver salmon are still around in the fall and tom cods are also caught

Winter: 

• This season there is a lot of tom cod fishing and pike fishing.
• Moose and caribou hunting happens around this time as well.

Spring:

• In spring there is a return of bird hunting and also egg hunting.  Residents are also exploring the tundra for different greens to gather (around the small lakes)

Summer: 

• Fishing is the key activity in the summer.  Salmon fishing and drying takes up a lot of the time.
• Berry picking also starts as early as June. 
  • Walrus and Seal hunting happen all year long.