Unaatuq

Pilgrim Hot Springs is made up of 320 acres of warm soil with abundant geothermal activity.

This remote oasis on the Seward Peninsula was, and still is, sacred land to the Indigenous people of Mary's Igloo (Qawiaraqmiut), who lived nearest to the site and currently own the land bordering the property.

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When the homestead act of 1898 was passed and Pilgrim Hot Springs was later mapped out in 1905 and recorded by the U.S. Surveyor General's Office in 1907,  no one asked the Qawiaraqmiut for permission.

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The property has only had a few "official" owners to date, however it has been owned by Alaska Natives in perpetuum.

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