Chukchi: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Chuckchi • Chukchee • Luorawetlan

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Chukchi reindeer herder in Siberia

Map of the Arctic region showing the distribution of Arctic peoples and their culture areas, outlined by a red line. The map labels groups such as the Inuit, Chukchi, Sami, Yakut, and others across North America, Greenland, northern Europe, and northern Asia, distinguishing between the American Arctic culture area and the Eurasian Arctic and subarctic culture area.

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Topics

Maritime Chukchi Reindeer Chukchi Itelmen Koryak Siberian peoples Paleo-Siberian Khanty and Mansi Sakha Nenets Yukaghir Nivkh Evenk Ket

Key People

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Vladimir Germanovich Bogoraz

Soviet anthropologist