Nunamiut Iñupiat

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Indigenous people Iñupiat group

The Nunamiut Iñupiat are an inland Iñupiat people of Alaska traditionally known as semi-nomadic caribou hunters of the Brooks Range region.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Iñupiat 3
Inupiat 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Iñupiat group ⓘ
climate Arctic climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalArea Western Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus Alaska Native people NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPractice drum dancing ⓘ
skin sewing ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional singing ⓘ
distinctFrom coastal marine-mammal-hunting Iñupiat ⓘ
ecologicalZone Arctic tundra ⓘ
Brooks Range mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity subsistence fishing ⓘ
subsistence gathering ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
foodUseOfCaribou meat ⓘ
historicalAdaptation inland caribou-based economy ⓘ
knowledgeSystem traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
language Iñupiaq NERFINISHED ⓘ
lifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
materialUseOfCaribou antlers ⓘ
bones ⓘ
sinew ⓘ
skins ⓘ
mobilityPattern seasonal migration ⓘ
notableSettlementRegion Anaktuvuk Pass area NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationRegion North Slope Borough, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryGameAnimal caribou ⓘ
relatedGroup Coastal Iñupiat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inuit NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity (contemporary) NERFINISHED ⓘ
animism (traditional) ⓘ
seasonalMovementReason following caribou herds ⓘ
subgroupOf Iñupiat NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalHousing skin tents ⓘ
sod houses ⓘ
traditionalRegion Brooks Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence caribou hunting ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
traditionalTechnology caribou-skin clothing ⓘ
sleds ⓘ
snowshoes ⓘ
stone and bone tools ⓘ
transportation dog sleds (historical) ⓘ
on-foot travel ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Anaktuvuk Pass → ethnicGroup → Nunamiut Iñupiat ⓘ
Kivalina → ethnicGroup → Nunamiut Iñupiat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation → ethnicGroupRepresented → Nunamiut Iñupiat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Nome Census Area → hasIndigenousPeoples → Nunamiut Iñupiat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inupiat
St. Lawrence Island Yupik → relatedEthnicGroup → Nunamiut Iñupiat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Northwestern North America → traditionalTerritoryOf → Nunamiut Iñupiat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iñupiat