Sand Point

Sand Point is located on the northwest coast of Popof Island. Popof Island is in the Shumagin Island group located south of the Alaska Peninsula, and is near the entrance to the Bering Sea. The island is 16 km (10 miles) long, and is 8 km (5 miles) wide.

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Qagun Tayagungin is the Aleut name for Sand Point.
The population is around 950, about half of which are Aleut.
Sand Point has one of the largest commercial fishing fleets in the Aleutians.
A small herd (about 120 head) of bison roam freely on the uninhabited side of the Island.
The first residents were Aleuts from nearby villages and Scandinavian fishermen.
Access is by plane and by boat
Traditional harvest includes fish, marine mammals, terrestrial mammals, marine invertebrates, birds and eggs, edible plants.

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