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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Cup’ig people canonical 4
Cupʼig people 2
Cup’ig (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 (8)

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
Cup’ig culture → ethnicGroupOf → Cup’ig people ⓘ
Mekoryuk, Alaska → ethnicGroup → Cupʼig people ⓘ
linked to: Cup’ig people
Siberian Yupik people → closelyRelatedTo → Cup’ig people ⓘ
Cupʼik people → relatedEthnicGroup → Cupʼig people ⓘ
linked to: Cup’ig people