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  1. A people of NE Siberia who speak a language
  2. belonging to the Paleo-Asiatic family.
  3. Numbering approximately 14,000, the Chukchi,
  4. are now citizens of the USSR. They are
  5. primarily reindeer herders. Individual
  6. Chukchi stalk seals, while larger groups hunt
  7. whales from boats. Historically the Chukchi
  8. are known to have raided neighbouring groups
  9. and were the predominant people of NE
  10. Siberia.
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