Nunivak Cup’ig people

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The Nunivak Cup’ig people are an Alaska Native Yupik group indigenous to Nunivak Island, known for their distinct Cup’ig language and rich maritime hunting and subsistence traditions.

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Nunivak Cup’ig people canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Alaska Native people
Indigenous people
country United States
culturalPractice carving
drum dancing
mask making
skin sewing
storytelling
culturalRegion Arctic
Subarctic
endonymLanguageName Cup’ig
governedWithin Bethel Census Area
indigenousTo Nunivak Island
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
Yupik languages
languageStatus endangered language community
locatedIn Alaska
Bering Sea
United States
primarySettlement Mekoryuk
region Western Alaska
linked to: northwestern Alaska
relatedGroup Central Yup’ik people
linked to: Yup’ik people

Siberian Yupik people
religion Christianity
traditional Yupik beliefs
selfDesignation Cup’ig
state Alaska
subgroupOf Central Alaskan Yup’ik people
linked to: Yup’ik people

Yupik people
linked to: Yup’ik people
traditionalArtForm dance masks
ivory carving
wood carving
traditionalClothingMaterial caribou skin
seal skin
traditionalEconomy subsistence-based economy
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean houses
sod houses
traditionalLanguage Cup’ig language
linked to: Cup’ik language
traditionalSubsistence bird hunting
caribou hunting
fishing
gathering wild plants
marine mammal hunting
seal hunting
walrus hunting
whale hunting
uses kayaks
umiaks

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Mekoryuk ethnicMajority Nunivak Cup’ig people
Mekoryuk hasIndigenousGroup Nunivak Cup’ig people
Mekoryuk primaryCommunityOf Nunivak Cup’ig people