Yup’ik people

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The Yup’ik people are an Indigenous group of Alaska Native Inuit known for their rich subsistence traditions, complex ceremonial life, and enduring communities along the western and southwestern coasts of Alaska.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Alaska Native people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
Inuit people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
Yupik ⓘ
artForm basketry ⓘ
dance ⓘ
drum making ⓘ
ivory carving ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
ceremonialPractice Bladder Festival ⓘ
Messenger Feast (Kivgiq) ⓘ
potlatch-like gift exchanges ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalArea Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

Subarctic ⓘ
culturalRevitalization language immersion programs ⓘ
traditional dance festivals ⓘ
education bilingual education programs in Yup’ik and English ⓘ
ethnonym Yup’ik ⓘ
linked to: Yupik
governedBy tribal councils ⓘ
language Central Alaskan Yup’ik language ⓘ
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
legalStatus federally recognized tribes in the United States ⓘ
nameMeaning “real people” ⓘ
nativeName Yup’it ⓘ
linked to: Yupiget
notableCommunity Bethel, Alaska ⓘ
Hooper Bay, Alaska ⓘ
Toksook Bay, Alaska ⓘ
populationRegion Bristol Bay communities ⓘ
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta communities ⓘ
primaryRegion southwestern Alaska ⓘ
western Alaska ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Cup’ik people ⓘ
linked to: Cupʼik people

Inupiat ⓘ
linked to: Inuit

Siberian Yupik ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Yup’ik spirituality ⓘ
socialOrganization bilateral kinship ⓘ
seasonal communal living ⓘ
subsistencePractice fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
marine mammal hunting ⓘ
traditionalFood caribou ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
seal ⓘ
walrus ⓘ
traditionalHousing ena (women’s house) ⓘ
qasgiq (men’s communal house) ⓘ
semi-subterranean sod houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic drum dance songs ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Bering Sea coast of Alaska ⓘ
Bristol Bay region ⓘ
linked to: Bristol Bay

Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta ⓘ

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Bristol Bay → hasIndigenousGroup → Yup’ik people ⓘ
Norton Sound → isTraditionalTerritoryOf → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Big Diomede Island → historicalInhabitants → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Chukchi Peninsula → indigenousPeople → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Chukchi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Cup’ig dialect → associatedWithPeople → Yupik peoples of western Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Mekoryuk → hasIndigenousCulture → Yupik culture ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Cup’ig people → ethnographicGroupOf → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Bethel, Alaska → majorEthnicGroup → Yupʼik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Togiak, Alaska → ethnicGroup → Yup'ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Bethel Census Area → hasSignificantEthnicGroup → Yupʼik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Hooper Bay, Alaska → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Yup'ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Northern Alaska → inhabitedBy → Yupik people ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Alaska
linked to: Yup’ik people
Hooper Bay–Chevak dialect → spokenBy → Yup'ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Kusilvak Census Area → predominantEthnicGroup → Yupʼik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Chevak Yup’ik → ethnicGroupOf → Chevak Yup’ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Bristol Bay Borough → hasIndigenousGroup → Yup'ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area → ethnicGroup → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Red Devil, Alaska → hasIndigenousPresence → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Stony River, Alaska → populationMajority → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Napaskiak, Alaska → indigenousPeople → Yup'ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Lower Kalskag, Alaska → indigenousPeople → Yup'ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Russian Orthodox missions → targetPopulation → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq → relatedEthnicGroup → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Calista Corporation → hasShareholders → Yup’ik people ⓘ
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve → culturalSignificanceFor → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Northwest Coast of Alaska → inhabitedBy → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Yupiit → ethnonym → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Yupiit → subgroupOf → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Russian Orthodox mission in Alaska → targetedPopulation → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Pilot Station, Alaska → ethnicGroup → Yup'ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Manokotak, Alaska → predominantIndigenousGroup → Yup'ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Unalakleet River → historicallyUsedBy → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Nushagak Bay → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Stebbins, Alaska → majorityEthnicGroup → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Nunivak Cup’ig people → subgroupOf → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Nunivak Cup’ig people → subgroupOf → Central Alaskan Yup’ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Nunivak Cup’ig people → relatedGroup → Central Yup’ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Mekoryuk, Alaska → ethnicGroup → Yupʼik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Nunivak Island communities → partOf → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Siberian Yupik people → closelyRelatedTo → Central Alaskan Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Siberian Yupik people → sharesCulturalTiesWith → Alaskan Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Native Village of Kwinhagak → peopleServed → Yup’ik Alaska Natives ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Qanirtuuq, Inc. → ethnicGroupRepresented → Yup’ik people ⓘ
Cupʼik people → partOf → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
Kwethluk, Alaska → hasIndigenousPeople → Yup'ik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people