Nuniwarmiut School Cup'ig Immersion School K -3 Primary Grades 4 - 6 Junior - High School Mission Statement Where are we? Cup'ig Culture Cup'ig Language Contact us School Staff Cup'ig Cultural Studies Elders Cup'ig Story Home Cup'ig Culture The Cup’ig people of Nunivak Island have thrived on subsistence hunting and fishing for many generations. Today, its people still practice survival skills and will continue to thrive as long as people desire their native foods. People are artistic; their crafts include traditional arts and crafts such as wooden masks, grass baskets and ivory carving.  In current times, the musk ox wool or locally known as “qiviut”, are made into beautiful scarves, hats, gloves and sweaters. The Cup’ig people were once great cultural dance performers.  Recently, after being revived for a few years, it has once again gone in a direction of no longer existing because of religious rebellion. Lady drying herring ©2008 by Muriel M. Amos. Any part of this document may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means provided proper citation and credit are given for the work and no-cost dissemination is intended. This page will be updated yearly.