Nunamiut culture

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Nunamiut culture is the traditional inland Iñupiat way of life in Arctic Alaska, centered on caribou hunting, seasonal migrations, and distinctive social and material practices adapted to the Brooks Range environment.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nunamiut culture canonical 2
Inupiat culture 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic culture ⓘ
Iñupiat culture ⓘ
indigenous culture ⓘ
adaptedTo Brooks Range caribou herds ⓘ
mountain tundra environment ⓘ
subarctic environment ⓘ
centerOf community of Anaktuvuk Pass ⓘ
clothingMaterial caribou hide ⓘ
fur ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
diet berries ⓘ
caribou fat ⓘ
caribou meat ⓘ
fish ⓘ
roots and edible plants ⓘ
distinctFrom coastal whaling cultures of the Iñupiat ⓘ
economicType hunter-gatherer ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Nunamiut people ⓘ
historicalChange increased contact with Euro-American society ⓘ
partial sedentarization in the 20th century ⓘ
knowledgeSystem detailed ecological knowledge of caribou behavior ⓘ
knowledge of Brooks Range weather and terrain ⓘ
language Iñupiaq ⓘ
linked to: Inupiaq
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
mainSubsistenceActivity caribou hunting ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering of wild plants ⓘ
small game hunting ⓘ
materialCulture caribou-skin clothing ⓘ
skin tents ⓘ
sleds ⓘ
snowshoes ⓘ
sod houses ⓘ
stone and bone tools ⓘ
mobilityPattern seasonal migrations ⓘ
oralTradition myths and legends ⓘ
songs ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
partOf Alaskan Native cultures ⓘ
Iñupiat cultures ⓘ
region Arctic Alaska ⓘ
linked to: northern Alaska

Brooks Range ⓘ
relatedTo coastal Iñupiat cultures ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
seasonalCycle fall caribou hunts ⓘ
spring caribou hunts ⓘ
summer fishing and gathering ⓘ
winter trapping and fishing ⓘ
socialOrganization bilateral kinship ⓘ
extended family households ⓘ
small, mobile bands ⓘ
traditionalBelief respect for animal spirits ⓘ
rituals associated with caribou hunting ⓘ
transport dog sleds ⓘ
on-foot travel ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Anaktuvuk Pass → knownFor → Nunamiut culture ⓘ
Simon Paneak Memorial Museum → focusesOn → Nunamiut culture ⓘ
Elim, Alaska → hasHistoricalCulture → Inupiat culture ⓘ
linked to: Nunamiut culture