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Article: Chukchi
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- Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
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Chukchi
PRONUNCIATION:
chook-CHEE
ALTERNATE NAMES:
Lygoraveltlat; Chukchee
LOCATION:
Russia (Chukchi peninsula in northeastern Siberia)
POPULATION:
15,000
LANGUAGE:
Chukchi
RELIGION:
Native form of Shamanism
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INTRODUCTION
Several small and ancient Paleo-Siberian groups live in Russia's extreme northeastern section of Siberia. The Chukchi are an ancient Arctic people who chiefly live on the Chukchi peninsula, or Chukotka. The Koriak also inhabit the southern end of the Chukchi peninsula and the northern reaches of the Kamchatka peninsula. The Nivkhs inhabit the island of Sakhalin and the Amur River Valley. Some scholars believe that the Nivkhs may be related to the ...