Cup’ig people

E158061

The Cup’ig people are an Indigenous Yupik group native to Nunivak Island in Alaska, known for their distinct language, subsistence lifestyle, and rich ceremonial traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cup’ig people canonical 2
Cup’ig (people) 1
Cup’ik people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Yupik people
ethnic group
autonym Cup’ig
Cup’it
linked to: Cup’ig
country United States
culturalHeritage Yupik ceremonial traditions
culturalPractice seasonal subsistence cycles
culturalRegion Arctic
linked to: Arctic region

Subarctic
economy mixed cash and subsistence economy
ethnographicGroupOf Yupik peoples
linked to: Yup’ik people
governedBy Native Village of Mekoryuk
hasSettlement Mekoryuk
indigenousTo Alaska
Nunivak Island
language Cup’ig language
linked to: Cup’ig dialect
languageFamily Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
Eskimo–Aleut languages
locatedIn Alaska
Bering Sea region
nativeTo Nunivak Island
primaryCommunity Mekoryuk
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe in the United States
region Western Alaska
linked to: northwestern Alaska
relatedEthnicGroup Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people

Central Alaskan Yup’ik people
Siberian Yupik people
religion Christianity
traditional Yupik spirituality
traditionalArt drum making
mask carving
wood carving
traditionalCeremony dance festivals
mask ceremonies
traditionalFoodSource caribou
fish
seals
walrus
waterfowl
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean dwellings
sod houses
traditionalMusic chanting
drum dancing
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
marine mammal hunting
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Nunivak Cup’ig traditionalSpeakers Cup’ig people
Chevak ethnicGroup Cup’ik people
linked to: Cup’ig people
Cup’ig dialect spokenBy Cup’ig people
Cup’ig dialect hasEthnonymForm Cup’ig (people)
linked to: Cup’ig people