Description
Kutmiut is located site of Eskimo village, on left bank of Kun River, 2.7 mi. east of village of Scammon Bay, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History
This name is first mentioned by W. H. Dall (1870, p. 275) who wrote, "Ten miles from the mouth (of the Kun) is a native settlement, known as Kuttenmut." The people at Scammon Bay told Orth, in 1965, the name means "people of the Kun," and the name is sometimes used locally for the village of Scammon Bay.