Chukchi

E99621

Indigenous people Indigenous peoples of Siberia ethnic group

The Chukchi are an Indigenous people of northeastern Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer herders and coastal hunters living in the Chukotka region of Russia.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people → Indigenous peoples of Siberia → ethnic group →
climateOfHomeland	Arctic NERFINISHED → subarctic →
continent	Asia →
country	Russia →
culturalArtifact	Chukchi yaranga tent →
culturalPractice	oral storytelling tradition → reindeer sledding → skin boat use →
culturalRegion	Circumpolar North →
ethnographicRegion	Arctic Russia → Siberia →
ethnonym	Chukchi people →
governingJurisdiction	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug →
historicalContactWith	Russian Empire → Soviet Union →
languageFamily	Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages →
nativeName	Льыгъоравэтлььэт →
nativeNameLanguage	Chukchi language →
partOf	Indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation →
populationRegion	Russian Far East →
primaryLanguage	Chukchi language →
recognizedAs	Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation →
region	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug →
relatedEthnicGroup	Even → Evenks → Itelmens → Koryaks → Yupik →
religion	Russian Orthodox Christianity →
traditionalHousing	yaranga →
traditionalLivestock	domesticated reindeer →
traditionalOccupation	coastal hunting → marine mammal hunting → reindeer herding → semi-nomadic pastoralism →
traditionalPrey	seals → walruses → whales →
traditionalReligion	animism → shamanism →
traditionalTerritory	Chukchi Peninsula → coastal areas of the Bering Sea → coastal areas of the Chukchi Sea → northeastern Siberia →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug →	hasIndigenousPeople
Inuit Circumpolar Council →	represents