Yevak

Yevak Tribe Xóo Yevak
Tribal Emblem
All Yevak Territories in Green
Status	Semi-Sovereign Political Entity
Largest	Koyukuk
Official languages	Kuduk (all dialects)
Recognised national languages	Kuduk (all dialects)
Ethnic groups	100% Kemonomimi (Yaki)
Religion	Traditional Kuduk beliefs (100%)
Demonym(s)	Yevak
Government	Constitutional Chiefdom
• Chief	Kara "Strong Boar"
Legislature	The Yevak Tribe Council
Semi-Sovereign Polity  (Independent between 745 and 1870)
• Establishment of the Tribe	745 CE
• Establishment of a Constitution	1928 CE
Population
• 2022 estimate	90,000

The Yevak Tribe, commonly referred to as the Yevaks, is a semi-sovereign tribe in the western plains region of Kuduk. It is one of the 36 tribes within the Tribal Federation of Kuduk. The Yevaks are ruled by a tribal council as their head of government and have a representative chief as their head of state. The tribe is bordered by the Anana Tribe to the west, the Manirak Tribe to the east, and the Kuduk Channel to the North. The largest and most populous city within the tribe is Koyukuk.

The Yevak Tribe was officially founded in 745 CE after the Proto-Anana Tribe collapsed due to political pressure on the chief from the Naa Sàati, a class of women who were politically influential due to expansive family ties. One such Naa Sàati was Tula Yevak who, following the collapse of the Proto-Anana, declared a large portion of the modern-day northwestern Yevak Tribe as territory of the Yevak Clan and officially established the beginnings of the Yevak Tribe. Following Tula's death, her successors would carry out a slow process of marriage, influence, and expansion that would eventually lead to the modern day Yevak borders. In the 15th century, the Yevak Tribe would become involved in the Great Tribal War after the Manirak Tribe invaded them. The Yevaks ended up on the winning side of the war and signed a treaty with the Manirak who agreed to return conquered Yevak territory. During the Spirit Wars of Kuduk, the Yevak participated fairly little compared to other tribes of their size, although many speculate that they had a hand during the Damning of Naryan. In the Great Blizzard of 1673, the Yevaks provided aid to the tribes of the western coast and to central Kakut. For the first time since the Great Tribal War, the Yevak opened up trade with the Manirak and aided them during the blizzard. Relations between the two tribes softened significantly after the blizzard. In 1870, the Yevak Tribe signed a document proposed by Tlayaan "Taku" Meritáak regarding the formation a tribal federation for the purposes of protecting indigenous sovereignty from foreign colonization. Since 1870, the Yevak Tribe ceased to be a fully sovereign nation. In 1928, the Tribal Federation of Kuduk instituted a federal constitution that required all member tribes to switch to a council system of government. The Yevak Tribe opted to keep their chief as a constitutional figurehead as they switched over to the new council system.

The Yevak Tribe is recognized as one of the six Great Tribes of Kuduk due to its large population and land size.