The Chukchi

Residing in one of the most extreme parts of the Russian Federation, the Chukchi have thrived in the tundra for centuries. Theirs is a legacy deeply tied with expansion, colonialism as well as Soviet restructuring and today face both cultural and economic problems.

[martinlacouline]

I thought i knew "a lot" about that region....and then you went to litteraly "educated" me for half an hour... that is priceless THX

[alexibarona]

I've always been fascinated by the history of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus region, central Asia, Siberia, and extreme north Far East. There are definitely some parallels of how the Native tribes of the Americas (New World) were conqured by the colonial English, Spaniards, Portuguese, French, and the Danish (sort of) if you count Greenland. I must say I'm impressed by how this remote small tribe with such courage and fierce determination were able to take on the imperial forces of Russia. They maintained their independence and rarely ever paid the imposed 'yisak'‐(turkic word meaning tribute). Truly an admirable story and history of a mighty and great small tribe. 👏

[bunnywithabanner]

The Chukotkan-Kamchatkan language family is very mysterious. As you said, the languages in the family are related to each other, but the family as a whole is related to no other language family on earth, and we have no real idea where they came from.

[danielgomesmartins]

I'm brazilian and I've been studying our native people and I can say this language sounds (at least for someone who doesn't speak the language) so much alike Tupi-Guarani and other native languages around

[RobertNukapigak]

For thousands of years our inuit of far East and the inupait of the Arctic are the last generation of ancestors aboriginal tribes of Alaska and far east just like the one before Us our children are our next future generation of ancestors like the one before Us Arctic without boarder hunger knows no law

[Shoehazer]

These videos are great, keep up the good work!

[theresacolosimo]

I have been mystified by a Native American Marker I have on a DNA test. Cherokee showed up and I had no idea how since ancestors all from Europe, at least more recently. Chukchi is number two on my list and that gives me some clue as to how I got the marker. They are considered genetic first cousins to native cousins.

[РусланЗаурбеков-зе]

"The Chukchi language is unrelated to neighboring languages."

What the...?!!!

Chuckhi is not isolated, it has a LOT of relatives! Koryak, Kerek, Alutor, Itelmen, just to name a few.

[blackstonewielder]

Most Chukchi men carry haplogroup N unlike Native Americans, but some Chukchi have haplogroup Q like Native Americans

[burcu]

incredible channel. thanks for the videos.

[roro-romaan]

this was the video i needed for my school project thanks man!

[lkchoh]

Eskimos in the very far north & red Indian in North America both of these tribes had being genocide by invaders over 200 years back. Extinction is expected but some escaped and remained very little. They were not weaponised themselves as they live in simple life and so isolated. They are not stupid but invaders always felt themselves very superior and smart, same as invaders felt on Chinese during that time 150 years back.

[Inkahustler]

Very interesting. Hope to visit Russia in the near future. Greeting from New York 🗽

[jimpennin]

Great video, as always. 👍

I'm curious, why did you need to reupload it?

[TheRojo]

It irks me when people talk about Siberia and try to pass it off as Russia.

[nellidivina]

How do chukchis treat members of the lgbtq?

[Kurdedunaysiri]

Why do you tell us that it is not related to any neighboring language just after showing the language family that it is a of it ?

[bayarmaanyamkhuu]

It’s very similar to Mongolian clothes