Siberian Yupik people

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The Siberian Yupik people are an Indigenous Arctic group native to the coastal regions of Siberia and nearby islands, known for their maritime hunting traditions, rich oral culture, and close linguistic and cultural ties to other Yupik peoples such as the Cup’ig.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
Yupik people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siberian Yupik ⓘ
Siberian Yupik Eskimo ⓘ
Yuit ⓘ
Yupiget ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Central Alaskan Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people

Cup’ig people ⓘ
St. Lawrence Island Yupik people ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
culturalArea Bering Strait region ⓘ
Circumpolar North ⓘ
culturalTrait drum dancing ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
rich oral tradition ⓘ
shamanic practices ⓘ
skin-boat building ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
language Siberian Yupik language ⓘ
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
nativeTo Bering Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Bering Sea

Chukotka Peninsula ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
St. Lawrence Island ⓘ
coastal regions of Siberia ⓘ
partOf Yupik peoples ⓘ
populationRegion Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East
region Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ⓘ
relatedEthnicallyTo Aleut ⓘ
Inuit ⓘ
religionPresent Russian Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
religionTraditional animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
sharesCulturalTiesWith Alaskan Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Yup’ik people
sharesLinguisticTiesWith Cup’ig language speakers ⓘ
traditionalDwelling semi-subterranean houses ⓘ
snow houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
maritime hunting ⓘ
reindeer herding ⓘ
seal hunting ⓘ
walrus hunting ⓘ
whale hunting ⓘ
usesWatercraft kayak ⓘ
umiak ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Cup’ig people → relatedEthnicGroup → Siberian Yupik people ⓘ
Russian America → demographicsIncluded → Yupik peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: Russian America (northwest)
linked to: Siberian Yupik people
Central Siberian Yupik → subgroupOf → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Yupik people
Gambell → hasCulturalHeritage → Siberian Yupik culture ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Yupik people
Inuit Circumpolar Council → represents → Inuit of Chukotka ⓘ
subject linked to: ICC
linked to: Siberian Yupik people
Koryak people → relatedEthnicGroup → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Yupik people
Nunivak Cup’ig people → relatedGroup → Siberian Yupik people ⓘ
Siberian Yupik people → partOf → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Yupik people
Siberian Yupik people → alsoKnownAs → Siberian Yupik Eskimo ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Yupik people
Cupʼik people → relatedEthnicGroup → Siberian Yupik people ⓘ
Naukan Peninsula → traditionalInhabitants → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Yupik people
Yuit → partOf → Yupik peoples ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Yupik people
Lorino → inhabitedBy → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Yupik people
Uelen → ethnicGroup → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Yupik people
New Chaplino → inhabitedBy → Yupik people ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Yupik people