Indigenous peoples of Alaska and the Russian Far East
Yupik
Total population
~35,567
Regions with significant populations
United States Alaska
33,889 22,000[1]
Russia Chukotka
~1,700
Languages
English (Alaska) • Russian (in Siberia) • Yupik languages
Religion
Christianity (mostly Eastern Orthodox and Moravian), Shamanism, Atheism
Related ethnic groups
Aleut, Chukchi, Inuit, Iñupiat, Sirenik
Central Alaskan Hooper Bay youth, 1930A Nunivak Cupʼig man with raven maskette in 1929; the raven (Cupʼig language: tulukarug) is Ellam Cua or the creator deity in the Cupʼig mythologyA Siberian Yupik woman holding walrus tusks, RussiaHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left) swears in Mary Peltola as her husband, Gene (center), looks on. Peltola is a Yupʼik from Western Alaska.
The Yupik (/ˈjuːpɪk/; 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. Yupik peoples include the following:
Alutiiq, or Sugpiaq, of the Alaska Peninsula and coastal and island areas of southcentral Alaska.
Yupʼik or Central Alaskan Yupʼik of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta, the Kuskokwim River, and along the northern coast of Bristol Bay as far east as Nushagak Bay and the northern Alaska Peninsula at Naknek River and Egegik Bay in Alaska.
Siberian Yupik, including Naukan, Chaplino,[2] and—in a linguistic capacity—the Sirenik[3] of the Russian Far East and St. Lawrence Island[4] in western Alaska.
^"The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2010" (PDF). Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
The Yupik (/ˈjuːpɪk/; Russian: Юпикские народы) are a group of Indigenous or Aboriginal peoples of western, southwestern, and southcentral Alaska and...
related Indigenous peoples: Inuit (including the Alaska Native Iñupiat, the Canadian Inuit, and the Greenlandic Inuit) and the Yupik (or Yuit) of eastern...
§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. Siberian Yupiks, or Yuits (Russian: Юиты), are a Yupikpeople who reside along the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula...
The Yupik languages (/ˈjuːpɪk/) are a family of languages spoken by the Yupikpeoples of western and south-central Alaska and Chukotka. The Yupik languages...
Yupik, (also known as Siberian Yupik, Bering Strait Yupik[citation needed], Yuit[citation needed], Yoit[citation needed], "St. Lawrence Island Yupik"...
Yupik may refer to: Yupikpeoples, a group of Indigenous peoples of Alaska and the Russian Far East Yupik languages, a group of Eskaleut languages Yupꞌik...
Circumpolar peoples and Arctic peoples are umbrella terms for the various indigenous peoples of the Arctic region. Approximately four million people are resident...
considered acceptable among Alaska Natives of Yupik and Iñupiat (Inuit) heritage, as well as Siberian Yupikpeoples, and is preferred over Inuit as a collective...
SUUG-pee-AK; plural often "Sugpiat"), as well as Pacific Eskimo or Pacific Yupik, are one of eight groups of Alaska Natives that inhabit the southern-central...
Central Siberian Yupik language Sirenik YupikYupikpeoples Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East "Yupik, Naukan." Ethnologue...
syllabics: ᐃᓪᒑᒃ or ᐃᒡᒑᒃ; Central Yupik: nigaugek, nigauget) are a type of eyewear traditionally used by the Inuit and the Yupikpeoples of the Arctic to prevent...
to identify themselves with those peoples. The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are diverse; some Indigenous peoples were historically hunter-gatherers...
The Eskaleut (/ɛˈskæliuːt/ e-SKAL-ee-oot), Eskimo–Aleut or Inuit–Yupik–Unangan languages are a language family native to the northern portions of the...
related groups (e.g. Yupik, Aleut). Therefore, the Aleut (Unangan) and Yupikpeoples (Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, Central Yup'ik, Siberian Yupik), who live in Alaska...
Naukan Yupik language or Naukan Siberian Yupik language (Naukan Yupik: Нывуӄаӷмистун; Nuvuqaghmiistun) is a critically endangered Eskimo language spoken...
is the traditional oil lamp used by Arctic peoples, including the Inuit, the Chukchi and the Yupikpeoples. This characteristic type of oil lamp provided...
2023-03-29. This notion is also featured in the folklore of the Inupiat and Yupikpeoples at Norton Sound. "Lemmings Suicide Myth". ABC Science. Karl S. Kruszelnicki...
between people and spirits, souls, and other immortal beings. Such beliefs and practices were once widespread among Inuit (including Iñupiat), Yupik, Aleut...
peoples of the Americas; including the Haida, Tlingit, Athabascan, Inuit, Yupikpeoples (Yuit/Alutiiq/Cup'ik), Inupiat, and Aleut (i.e., the groups whose traditional...
than 20,000 years ago. Around 3,000 years ago, the progenitors of the Yupikpeoples settled along both sides of the straits. The governments of Russia and...
Byron Nicholai, Uqill’aq or Ukila is a Yup'ik musician from Toksook Bay, Alaska. He is best known for his viral videos singing in the Yup'ik language....
estimated at around 1,427. Their neighbors are other Na-Dené-speaking and Yupikpeoples: Dena'ina (west), Koyukon (a little part of northwest), Lower Tanana...
mobile home of some nomadic Northern indigenous peoples of Russia, such as Chukchi and Siberian Yupik. A Yaranga is a cone-shaped or rounded reindeer-hide...
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