Port Graham

- Port Graham is just around the corner from Nanwalek, approximately 4-5 miles away.

- The village is located near an old coal mine. Until it closed in 1986, the Port Graham cannery employed many Port Graham and Nanwalek residents.

- Port Graham is the only remote village in the region to have two stores.

- Port Graham can only be reached by air or water; inclement weather frequently delays travel.

- Although there are numerous familial connections between Port Graham and Nanwalek, the villages have very different characters. One historic difference is that the Port Graham village has had a long-standing connection with commerce.

- The Native culture has been preserved and perpetuated through the handing down from generation to generation of the subsistence lifestyle including fishing, hunting, and berry picking.

- The Native Village of Port Graham is governed by a five person IRA Council.