This is a story about Melanie Brown and her great-grandfather Paul Chukan. Story narrative and photos by Mihael Blikshteyn.
Surrounded by flat, low-lying lands, punctured by numerous lakes and intertwining streams, Naknek River feeds into Kvichak Bay, an arm of Bristol Bay, supporting the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. It’s tundra – vast, flat and mostly treeless.
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