Selawik is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 829, up from 772 in 2000. Selawik c…Selawik is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 829, up from 772 in 2000. Selawik comes from siiḷivik, which means "place of sheefish" in Inupiaq.