Yup’ik people

E380321

Alaska Native people Indigenous people Inuit people ethnic group

The Yup’ik people are an Indigenous group of Alaska Native Inuit known for their rich subsistence traditions, complex ceremonial life, and enduring communities along the western and southwestern coasts of Alaska.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Yupik people	11
Yup'ik people	8
Yupik peoples	5
Yup’ik people canonical	4
Yupʼik people	3
Chevak Yup’ik people	1
Yupik culture	1
Yupik peoples of western Alaska	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Alaska Native people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ Inuit people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName	Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ Yupik ⓘ
artForm	basketry ⓘ dance ⓘ drum making ⓘ ivory carving ⓘ mask making ⓘ
ceremonialPractice	Bladder Festival ⓘ Messenger Feast (Kivgiq) ⓘ potlatch-like gift exchanges ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
culturalArea	Arctic region ⓘ surface form: Arctic Subarctic ⓘ
culturalRevitalization	language immersion programs ⓘ traditional dance festivals ⓘ
education	bilingual education programs in Yup’ik and English ⓘ
ethnonym	Yupik ⓘ surface form: Yup’ik
governedBy	tribal councils ⓘ
language	Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ surface form: Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
languageFamily	Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
legalStatus	federally recognized tribes in the United States ⓘ
nameMeaning	“real people” ⓘ
nativeName	Yupiget ⓘ surface form: Yup’it
notableCommunity	Bethel, Alaska ⓘ Hooper Bay, Alaska ⓘ Toksook Bay, Alaska ⓘ
populationRegion	Communities on the Alaska Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Bristol Bay communities Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta communities ⓘ
primaryRegion	southwestern Alaska ⓘ western Alaska ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Cupʼik people ⓘ surface form: Cup’ik people Inuit ⓘ surface form: Inupiat Central Siberian Yupik ⓘ surface form: Siberian Yupik
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Yup’ik spirituality ⓘ
socialOrganization	bilateral kinship ⓘ seasonal communal living ⓘ
subsistencePractice	fishing ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ marine mammal hunting ⓘ
traditionalFood	caribou ⓘ salmon ⓘ seal ⓘ walrus ⓘ
traditionalHousing	ena (women’s house) ⓘ qasgiq (men’s communal house) ⓘ semi-subterranean sod houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic	drum dance songs ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Bering Sea coastal plain ⓘ surface form: Bering Sea coast of Alaska Bristol Bay ⓘ surface form: Bristol Bay region Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Bristol Bay → hasIndigenousGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

Norton Sound → isTraditionalTerritoryOf → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik people

Big Diomede Island → historicalInhabitants → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik people

Chukchi Peninsula → indigenousPeople → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik people

Chukchi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik people

Cup’ig dialect → associatedWithPeople → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik peoples of western Alaska

Mekoryuk → hasIndigenousCulture → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik culture

Cup’ig people → ethnographicGroupOf → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik peoples

Bethel, Alaska → majorEthnicGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupʼik people

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge → hasIndigenousInhabitants → Yup’ik people ⓘ

Togiak, Alaska → ethnicGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik people

Bethel Census Area → hasSignificantEthnicGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupʼik people

Hooper Bay, Alaska → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik people

northern Alaska → inhabitedBy → Yup’ik people ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Alaska

this entity surface form: Yupik people

Hooper Bay–Chevak dialect → spokenBy → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik people

Kusilvak Census Area → predominantEthnicGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupʼik people

Chevak Yup’ik → ethnicGroupOf → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chevak Yup’ik people

Bristol Bay Borough → hasIndigenousGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik people

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area → ethnicGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik peoples

Red Devil, Alaska → hasIndigenousPresence → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik people

Stony River, Alaska → populationMajority → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik people

Napaskiak, Alaska → indigenousPeople → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik people

Lower Kalskag, Alaska → indigenousPeople → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik people

Russian Orthodox missions → targetPopulation → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik people

Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq → relatedEthnicGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik peoples

Calista Corporation → hasShareholders → Yup’ik people ⓘ

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve → culturalSignificanceFor → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik people

Northwest Coast of Alaska → inhabitedBy → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik people

Yupiit → ethnonym → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik people

Yupiit → subgroupOf → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik peoples

Dillingham Census Area, Alaska → ethnolinguisticGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

Russian Orthodox mission in Alaska → targetedPopulation → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yupik peoples

Pilot Station, Alaska → ethnicGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik people

Manokotak, Alaska → predominantIndigenousGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yup'ik people