The true story behind the Nome Gold Rush of 1899

"The Sitnasuak Elders Committee met with writer, Jeff Kunkel during his visit to Nome on June 29, 2000 . They told him about Constantine and Gabriel. They said that what we know of these Two Eskimo Boys should be put in writing. In August 2001 the Elders Committee met with Jeff and his wife, Mary Elyn Bahlert, invited Nome residents, Sitnasuak committee members, the Nome Native Youth Leadership Group and family members of John Apok, brother of Constantine Uparazuck. The Board of Directors later authorized the publication of this story."

" On the history of Nome, it hurts me to see the advertisement, 'Three Lucky Swedes found the first gold in Nome' - that's all baloney...Eskimos knew every square inch of this land. Eskimos were the ones, they know where the gold was before the white man came. But they just didn't know the value of that gold..."

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