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The Yupik (/ ˈ j uː p ɪ k /; Russian: Юпикские народы) are a group of Indigenous or Aboriginal peoples of western, southwestern, and southcentral Alaska and the Russian Far East. They are related to the Inuit and Iñupiat .
Yup'ik tribes constantly raided each other and destroyed villages, These wars ultimately ended in the 1830s and 1840s with the establishment of Russian colonialism. [11] Before a Russian colonial presence emerged in the area, the Aleut and Yupik spent most of their time sea-hunting animals such as seals, walruses, and sea lions.
Frame of traditional Yupik skin boat above the west beach of Gambell, Alaska. Mask in Musée du Quai Branly. Siberian Yupiks, or Yuits (Russian: Юиты), are a Yupik people who reside along the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula in the far northeast of the Russian Federation and on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska.
Yupik people (3 C, 31 P) Y. Yupik tribes (2 C, 23 P) Pages in category "Yupik peoples" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The use of the apostrophe in the name Yup'ik is a written convention to denote the long pronunciation of the p sound; but it is spoken the same in other Yupik languages. Of all the Alaska Native languages, Central Alaskan Yup'ik has the most speakers, with about 10,000 of a total Yup'ik population of 21,000 still speaking the language. The five ...
Peltola, who is Yup’ik and made history as the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, beat Begich twice in 2022, during a special election following the death of longtime Rep. Don Young, a ...
Chaplino people [1] The Naukan , also known as the Naukanski , are a Siberian Yupik people and an Indigenous people of Siberia . They live in the Chukotka Autonomous Region of eastern Russia .
Many Alaska villages don't have running water and flushing toilets. Instead of using a bathroom, people retire to a room in a house, pull a curtain and use a honey bucket — typically a 5-gallon ...