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The Yupik are a group of indigenous or aboriginal peoples of western, southwestern, and southcentral Alaska and the Russian Far East. They are Eskimo and are related to the Inuit and Iñupiat peoples. Yupik peoples include the following: * Alutiiq people, or Sugpiaq, of the Alaska Peninsula and coastal and island areas of southcentral Alaska * Central Alaskan Yup'ik people 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 people, including Naukan, Chaplino,〔Achirgina-Arsiak, Tatiana. ("Northeastern Siberian: Yupik (Asiatic Eskimo)." ) ''Alaska Native Collections.'' 1996. Retrieved 20 July 2012.〕 and Sirenik of the Russian Far East and St. Lawrence Island〔(Video about Yupik communities on St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea )〕 in western Alaska. ==Population== The Central Alaskan Yupik are by far the most numerous of the various Alaska Native groups and speak the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, a member of the Eskimo–Aleut family of languages. As of the 2001 U.S. Census, the Yupik population in the United States numbered over 24,000,〔U.S. Census Bureau. (2004-06-30). ("Table 1. American Indian and Alaska Native Alone and Alone or in Combination Population by Tribe for the United States: 2000." ) (American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States (PHC-T-18) ). U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, special tabulation. Retrieved on 2007-04-12.〕 of whom over 22,000 lived in Alaska, the vast majority in the seventy or so communities in the traditional Yup'ik territory of western and southwestern Alaska.〔U.S. Census Bureau. (2004-06-30). ("Table 16. American Indian and Alaska Native Alone and Alone or in Combination Population by Tribe for Alaska: 2000." ) (American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States (PHC-T-18) ). U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, special tabulation. Retrieved on 2007-04-12.〕 US census data for Yupik include 2,355 Sugpiaq; there are also 1,700 Yupik living in Russia. 〔"Yup’ik." U *X *L Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. U *X *L. 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2012 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3048800051.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yupik peoples」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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