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Also Known As	Yakut

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Yakut musicians playing the khomus, a native mouth harp

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.

Yakut reindeer herders journeying through Siberia

Siberian Yakut nomads and their reindeer herds

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Evenk Siberian peoples Inuit Sami Aleut Khanty and Mansi Nenets Yukaghir Chukchi Yupiit Ket Koryak