Chukchi people

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The Chukchi people are an Indigenous ethnic group of the Russian Far East, traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer herders and coastal hunters living in the Chukotka Peninsula region.

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Chukchi people canonical 3
Chukchi 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Indigenous peoples of Siberia
Indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East
ethnic group
language
alsoKnownAs Chukchee
Luoravetlan
climateZone Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
continent Asia
country Russia
culturalArea Circumpolar peoples
economyType semi-nomadic pastoralism
governingState Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
historicalContactWith Russian Empire
Soviet Union
indigenousTo Russian Far East
linked to: Russia Far East

Siberia
language Chukchi language
languageFamily Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages
nativeName Льыгъоравэтлььэт
nativeNameLanguage Chukchi language
oceanProximity Bering Sea
Chukchi Sea
populationRegion Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Kamchatka Krai
Magadan Oblast
primaryRegion Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
recognizedAs Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation
relatedEthnicGroup Itelmen people
Koryak people
Yupik people
linked to: Yup’ik people
religion Russian Orthodox Christianity
subsistenceType marine mammal hunting
reindeer pastoralism
traditionalClothingMaterial fur
reindeer hide
traditionalDwellings yaranga
traditionalFoodSource fish
marine mammals
reindeer meat
traditionalOccupation coastal hunting
fishing
fur trapping
reindeer herding
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
writingSystem Cyrillic script

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Chukchi Sea namedAfter Chukchi people
Naukan Yupik neighboringPeople Chukchi
linked to: Chukchi people
Chukchi ethnonym Chukchi people
Chukchi Peninsula indigenousPeople Chukchi people