Chukchis

Also known as Chukchi, Chuckchee

ethnic group

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The Chukchis are an indigenous people who have traditionally lived in the far northeastern region of Russia, particularly in the Chukchi Peninsula. They are historically significant as one of Russia's Arctic peoples with a distinctive culture and language, and today they represent an important example of indigenous communities adapting to modern life in one of the world's most extreme environments.

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The Chukchi, or Chukchee (Chukot: ԓыгъоравэтԓьэт, о'равэтԓьэт, ḷygʺoravètḷʹèt, o'ravètḷʹèt), are a Siberian ethnic group native to the Chukchi Peninsula, the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea region of the Arctic Ocean all within modern Russia. They speak the Chukchi language. The Chukchi originated from the people living around the Okhotsk Sea.

According to several studies on genomic research conducted from 2014 to 2018, the Chukchi are the closest Asian relatives of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, as such they are descendants of the settlers of Beringia who remained on the Asian side when the sea levels rose.