Yupiit

E377989

Yupiit are an Indigenous Arctic people of Alaska and Siberia known for their distinct Yupik languages, subsistence lifestyle, and rich cultural traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Yupiit canonical 3

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic people
Indigenous people
ethnic group
artForm beadwork
ivory carving
mask making
wood carving
climateAdaptation cold climate survival skills
continent Asia
North America
country Russia
United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice drum dancing
mask dancing
seasonal ceremonies
storytelling
culturalRegion Arctic region
surface form: Arctic

Subarctic
ethnonym Yup’ik people
surface form: Yupik people
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
Gulf Yupik language
surface form: Yupik languages
locatedIn Alaska
Bering Sea
surface form: Bering Sea region

Russia Far East
surface form: Russian Far East

Siberia
nameInYupikLanguages Yupiit self-link
nativeName Yupiit self-link
populationDistribution coastal villages
rural communities
recognizedAs Alaska Natives
surface form: Indigenous peoples of Alaska

Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North in Russia
relatedEthnicGroup Aleut
Inuit
Inuit
surface form: Inupiat
religion Christianity
Yupik shamanism
subgroupOf Yup’ik people
surface form: Yupik peoples
traditionalBeliefSystem animism
traditionalClothing fur parkas
skin boots
traditionalEconomy gathering wild plants
marine mammal hunting
subsistence fishing
subsistence hunting
traditionalFoodSources caribou
salmon
seal
walrus
whale
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean sod houses
tents
traditionalLanguage Alutiiq
Central Alaskan Yup’ik
surface form: Central Alaskan Yupʼik

Naukan Yupik
Pacific Gulf Yupik
Central Siberian Yupik
surface form: Siberian Yupik
traditionalRegion Bristol Bay
Kuskokwim River
Norton Sound
St. Lawrence Island
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
coastal Chukotka
traditionalTechnology dog sleds
kayaks
umiaks

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

Yupik selfDesignation Yupiit
Yupiit nativeName Yupiit self-link
Yupiit nameInYupikLanguages Yupiit self-link