Nunivak Cup’ig people
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The Nunivak Cup’ig people are an Alaska Native Yupik group indigenous to Nunivak Island, known for their distinct Cup’ig language and rich maritime hunting and subsistence traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nunivak Cup’ig people canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Alaska Native people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalPractice |
carving
ⓘ
drum dancing ⓘ mask making ⓘ skin sewing ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Arctic
ⓘ
Subarctic ⓘ |
| endonymLanguageName | Cup’ig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedWithin | Bethel Census Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indigenousTo | Nunivak Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Eskimo–Aleut languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yupik languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language community ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Bering Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| primarySettlement | Mekoryuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Western Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Central Yup’ik people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siberian Yupik people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional Yupik beliefs ⓘ |
| selfDesignation | Cup’ig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Alaska ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Central Alaskan Yup’ik people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yupik people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalArtForm |
dance masks
ⓘ
ivory carving ⓘ wood carving ⓘ |
| traditionalClothingMaterial |
caribou skin
ⓘ
seal skin ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | subsistence-based economy ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
semi-subterranean houses
ⓘ
sod houses ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage | Cup’ig language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
bird hunting
ⓘ
caribou hunting ⓘ fishing ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ marine mammal hunting ⓘ seal hunting ⓘ walrus hunting ⓘ whale hunting ⓘ |
| uses |
kayaks
ⓘ
umiaks ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.