It has also been called Tulukagnag, Toolooka-anahamute, Tuluka and Tulukagangamiut by various explorers and historians; however it is now referred to as Crow Village.

The first recorded history of Crow Village was in 1843 by Lt. Lavrenty Zagoskin who was dispatched by the Russian Navy to conduct reconnaissance in the Alaska Interior for potential forts and trading posts.

Around 1910, Crow Village was moved about 0.5 mile (800 m) downstream due to a change in the river sediment pattern.

Crow Village Sam (Phillips), a future leader of the area's native people, was a youngster at that time and participated in that move.

Archaeologist Aleš Hrdlička recovered some bone material from Old Crow Village in 1930 and reportedly took some pictures.

[10] This project pioneered the use of archaeology as a means to augment oral and written sources in constructing a historical ethnography of a Native people.

Later David's eldest son, Dakota River Phillips, found the motor of Crow Village Sam's old wind power generator.