Nenets

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The Nenets are an Indigenous Samoyedic people of northern Russia known for their reindeer herding, nomadic lifestyle, and adaptation to the Arctic tundra environment.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Nenets people 7
Nenets language 2
Samoyedic peoples 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Samoyedic people
ethnic group
autonym Neney nenets
climateAdaptation Arctic climate
continent Asia
Europe
country Russia
culturalHeritage epic songs
oral tradition
shamanic rituals
culturalPractice seasonal migration with reindeer herds
ethnographicRegion northern Russia
facingIssue climate change impacts on tundra
industrial development in Arctic regions
historicalRegion Gydan Peninsula
Kanin Peninsula
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
surface form: Yamal Peninsula
language Nenets self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nenets language
languageBranch Samoyedic branch of Uralic
languageFamily Uralic languages
legalStatus recognized Indigenous people in Russian Federation law
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Russia
populationRegion Arkhangelsk Oblast
Komi ASSR
surface form: Komi Republic

Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
recognizedAs Indigenous small-numbered people of the North in Russia
relatedGroup Enets
Nganasan
Selkup
religion Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity

animism
shamanism
subgroupOf Nenets self-linksurface differs
surface form: Samoyedic peoples
traditionalClothingMaterial reindeer hide
traditionalDwelling chum
traditionalEconomy fishing
hunting
reindeer pastoralism
traditionalHabitat Arctic tundra
forest-tundra zone
traditionalLifestyle nomadic
traditionalOccupation reindeer herding
uses reindeer for clothing
reindeer for food
reindeer for transport
writingSystem Cyrillic script

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neney nenets ethnicContext Nenets
Uralic languages hasMember Nenets
this entity surface form: Nenets language
this entity surface form: Nenets people
Nenets language Nenets self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nenets language
this entity surface form: Nenets people
this entity surface form: Nenets people
Neney nenets refersTo Nenets
this entity surface form: Nenets people
Enets relatedEthnicGroup Nenets
Selkup relatedEthnicGroup Nenets
Nenets subgroupOf Nenets self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Samoyedic peoples
this entity surface form: Nenets people
this entity surface form: Nenets people
Neney nenets usedBy Nenets
this entity surface form: Nenets people