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They were also known as Asian or '''Siberian , at the brief time of the campaign of support of indigenous cultures in the Soviet Union .


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The Siberian Yupik on St. Lawrence Island live in the villages of Savoonga and Gambell, and are widely known for their skillful carvings of Walrus ivory and whale bone, as well as the baleen of Bowhead Whales and Minke Whales . These even include some "moving sculptures" with complicated pulleys animating scenes such as walrus hunting or traditional dances.


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BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Campbell, Lyle. (1997). ''American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America''. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.

  • de Reuse, Willem J. (1994). ''Siberian Yupik Eskimo: The language and its contacts with Chukchi''. Studies in indigenous languages of the Americas. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. ISBN 0-87480-397-7.