• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Norton Sound Health Corporation

Bering Strait Region Health Care

  • Employees
  • Providers
  • News
  • Events
  • Search
  • 907-443-3311
  • FREE: 888-559-3311
  • Provider Care Line: 907-443-6411 or 844-586-8773
  • Home
  • About
    • Mission, Vision & Values
    • History
    • Organization
    • Research
    • Advocacy
    • Patient Handbook
    • NSHC Board Meeting Minutes and Reports
  • Locations
    • Regional Map
    • Norton Sound Regional Hospital
    • Village Clinics
  • Services
    • Hospital Services
      • Emergency Medical Services
      • Laboratory
      • Nutrition Services
      • Patient Hostel
      • Pharmacy
      • Primary Care
      • Quyanna Care Center
    • Community Health Services
      • Behavioral Health Services
      • Health Aide Training Center
      • Village Health Services
      • CAMP
        • Summercise
      • Infant Learning
      • IÑUA
      • Office of Environmental Health (OEH)
      • WIC
    • Human Resources
    • Medical Staff
      • Join Our Team
      • Resident/Student Rotation Information
      • Resident/Student Rotation Application
  • Patient Resources
    • Elder Fund
    • File A Concern
    • Make a Patient Smile
    • Medical Care Process Information
    • Notice of Privacy Practice
    • NSHC Service Charges
    • Patient Advocate
    • Patient Portal / MyHealth
    • Patient Records/HIM
    • Public Relations
      • Annual Reports
      • Simon the Safety Situaq
  • Careers
    • Vacancy List
    • Applying to NSHC
    • Online Application
    • Life in Bering Strait Region
  • Employees
  • Providers
  • News
  • Events
  • Contact

Brevig Mission

Brevig Mission Clinic
PO Box 85053
Brevig Mission, AK 99785
907-642-4311

Population

418

Tribes

  • Native Village of Brevig Mission, Contact

Culture

Indigenous speakers in Brevig Mission speak Inupiaq. Locals live a subsistence lifestyle.

History

The Kauwerak Eskimos in this area lived in migratory communities in pursuit of hunting and fishing grounds and traded furs with Siberia, Little Diomede, and King Island. They formed alliances with Wales, Little Diomede, and others for protection. The “Teller Reindeer Station” opened near this site in 1892; it was operated by the U.S. Government until 1900. The Norwegian Rev. Tollef L. Brevig, a pioneer Lutheran missionary, began serving the reindeer station on August 1, 1894, as pastor and teacher to the Laplanders and Eskimos. Rev. Brevig traveled between villages by dog team along the beach and often performed services in Nome. A Lutheran mission was constructed at the present site in 1900, and the village became known as “Teller Mission.” The mission was given 100 reindeer on a five-year loan from the government. By 1906, the government’s role had diminished, and the mission became dominant. In 1963, the Brevig Mission post office was established. The city was incorporated in 1969. Reindeer were the economic base of this community until 1974, but the industry has since declined

Source

https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/dcra/DCRAExternal/community/Details/d586375e-1fe7-4401-a259-67b70b1c4bf4

Footer

  • (12) Bonnie Piscoya 1
  • (7) Richelle Horner 1
  • ice fishing7
  • (7) Keith Conger 1
  • salmonberry hands
  • employees5
  • employees15
  • employees11
  • employees10
  • employees14
  • employees7
  • employees4
  • employees2

Work Where You Belong

  • Vacancy List
  • Applying to NSHC
  • Life in Norton Sound
Top
Copyright © 2023 Norton Sound Health Corporation · All rights reserved. Website by Sundog Media, LLC Logo Sundog Media, LLC.

Learn more about Norton Sound Health Corporation's response to COVID-19. >