Cup’ig

E148682
Indigenous people Yupik language Yupik people village

Cup’ig are an Indigenous Yupik people of Nunivak Island in Alaska, known for their distinct language, subsistence lifestyle, and rich ceremonial traditions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cup’ig canonical 5
Cupig 1
Cup’ik 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Yupik language ⓘ
Yupik people ⓘ
village ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Arctic

Subarctic ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Nunivak Island ⓘ
hasArtForm dance masks ⓘ
drum dancing ⓘ
hasCeremonialTradition dance ceremonies ⓘ
mask ceremonies ⓘ
seasonal feasts ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice gift exchange ⓘ
seasonal hunting rituals ⓘ
hasMusicTradition drum songs ⓘ
hasOralTradition myths and legends ⓘ
hasSettlement Mekoryuk ⓘ
language Cup’ig language ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Bering Sea ⓘ
Nunivak Island ⓘ
Nunivak Island ⓘ
populationCenter Mekoryuk ⓘ
region Bering Sea ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
Cup’ig self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cup’ik

Central Siberian Yupik ⓘ
surface form: Siberian Yupik
religion Moravian Church in America ⓘ
surface form: Moravian Christianity

Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity

traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
subgroupOf Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
surface form: Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
mask carving ⓘ
skin sewing ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence-based economy ⓘ
traditionalFood berries ⓘ
fish ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ
traditionalHousing sod houses ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle subsistence fishing ⓘ
subsistence gathering ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
traditionalTransport kayaks ⓘ
umiaks ⓘ
usesScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nunivak Cup’ig → ethnicGroup → Cup’ig ⓘ
Yupik → hasSubgroup → Cup’ig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cupig
Cup’ig dialect → hasAlternateName → Cup’ig ⓘ
Nunivak Cupik → hasAutonym → Cup’ig ⓘ
Mekoryuk → localLanguage → Cup’ig ⓘ
Cup’ig people → autonym → Cup’ig ⓘ
Cup’ig people → autonym → Cup’ig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cup’it
Cup’ig → relatedEthnicGroup → Cup’ig self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cup’ik