St. Lawrence Island Yupik

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St. Lawrence Island Yupik are an Indigenous Siberian Yupik people of the Bering Sea region, primarily living on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska and known for their maritime hunting culture and distinct Yupik language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Siberian Yupik people
autonym Yupiget
autonymLanguageName Sivuqaghmiistun
Yuit
country United States
culturalArea Arctic
linked to: Arctic region

Subarctic
culturalEmphasis maritime hunting culture
culturalPractice drum dancing
storytelling
whaling festivals
ethnicGroupOf St. Lawrence Island
federallyRecognizedTribes Native Village of Gambell
Native Village of Savoonga
historicalConnection Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula

Siberia
language St. Lawrence Island Yupik language
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
languageStatus endangered language
notableFeature maintains close cultural ties with Siberian Yupik in Russia
one of the most conservative and continuous Yupik cultures
populationRegion Alaska
primaryLocation St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
linked to: St. Lawrence Island
primaryVillages Gambell
Savoonga
recognizedBy United States federal government
relatedEthnicGroup Central Alaskan Yup’ik
Inupiat
linked to: Nunamiut Iñupiat

Siberian Yupik
religion Russian Orthodox Christianity
Traditional animist beliefs
traditionalBoat kayak
umiak
traditionalCraft skin boat construction
walrus ivory carving
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean houses
sod houses
traditionalRegion Bering Sea
Bering Strait
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
marine mammal hunting
seal hunting
walrus hunting
whale hunting
writingSystem Cyrillic alphabet (historically, in Siberia)
linked to: Cyrillic script

Latin alphabet

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Alaska Natives hasSubgroup St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Alaska Natives includesLanguage St. Lawrence Island Yupik language
linked to: St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Savoonga hasIndigenousPeople Yupik
linked to: St. Lawrence Island Yupik
St. Lawrence Island Yupik language St. Lawrence Island Yupik language
linked to: St. Lawrence Island Yupik