"I'm pushing for this map to be shown to the young people and not kept hidden. Or if they want to see it in school or in a particular class, as you know there are Yup'ik classes in schools, then they can display it on the computer and listen to a person who is speaking over there.

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:

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The Yupʼik or Yupiaq (sg & pl) and Yupiit or Yupiat (pl), also Central Alaskan Yupʼik, Central Yupʼik, Alaskan Yupʼik (own name Yupʼik sg Yupiik dual Yupiit pl; Russian: Юпики центральной Аляски), are an Indigenous people of western and southwestern Alaska ranging from southern Norton Sound southwards along the coast of the Bering Sea on the Yuk...

Elders showed a strong desire to teach young people the rich history and named places of their homeland, including camp and settlement sites, rivers, sloughs, rocks, ponds, even sandbars and underwater channels.

Visit our maps page. Ayunerak, P., Alstrom, D., Moses, C., Charlie, J., & Rasmus, S. M. (2014). Yup’ik Culture and Context in Southwest Alaska: Community Member Perspectives of Tradition, Social Change, and Prevention. American Journal of Community Psychology, 54 (0), 91–99. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-014-9652-4.

Yup’ik Sky Map Western Sky Map TUNTURYUK KAVIARAAT (The Caribou) (The Foxes) or: KAVIAYAGAAT (The Little Foxes) AGYARRLUK (Polaris or North Star) ILULIRAT (Inside the Fishtrap) KINGUQA AKUGAT (The Kuspuk Hem) PITEGCAUN or NEGCIK (arrow or harpoon head) SAGQURALRIIT (Scattered Stars) QIMUGTA (The Dog) TULUKARUUM AYARUA

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Map showing the location of the Yup'ik and other Alaska Native tribes. History and culture of the Yup'ik people. Online museum exhibit of Yupik masks and other artifacts. Online collection of Yupik folklore. Yupik writers, their lives and work. Photo exhibit of traditional Yup'ik lifestyle.

In our language yuk means “person” or “human being.” Then we add pik, meaning “real” or “genuine.” We are the real people.”