Chukchi

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The Chukchi are an Indigenous people of northeastern Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic reindeer herders and coastal hunters living in the Chukotka region of Russia.

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Chukchi canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Indigenous peoples of Siberia
ethnic group
climateOfHomeland Arctic
linked to: Arctic region

subarctic
continent Asia
country Russia
culturalArtifact Chukchi yaranga tent
culturalPractice oral storytelling tradition
reindeer sledding
skin boat use
culturalRegion Circumpolar North
linked to: Far North
ethnographicRegion Arctic Russia
linked to: Northern Russia

Siberia
ethnonym Chukchi people
governingJurisdiction Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
historicalContactWith Russian Empire
Soviet Union
languageFamily Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages
nativeName Льыгъоравэтлььэт
nativeNameLanguage Chukchi language
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation
populationRegion Russian Far East
linked to: Russia Far East
primaryLanguage Chukchi language
recognizedAs Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation
region Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
relatedEthnicGroup Even
Evenks
Itelmens
Koryaks
linked to: Koryak

Yupik
religion Russian Orthodox Christianity
traditionalHousing yaranga
traditionalLivestock domesticated reindeer
traditionalOccupation coastal hunting
marine mammal hunting
reindeer herding
semi-nomadic pastoralism
traditionalPrey seals
walruses
whales
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
traditionalTerritory Chukchi Peninsula
coastal areas of the Bering Sea
coastal areas of the Chukchi Sea
northeastern Siberia
linked to: Eastern Siberia

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