Evenki people

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Indigenous people Tungusic people ethnic group

The Evenki people are an Indigenous Tungusic-speaking group of reindeer herders, hunters, and fishers traditionally inhabiting vast taiga regions of Siberia, Mongolia, and northeastern China.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Evenki 8
Evenk people 2
Evenk 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Tungusic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonym Evenki NERFINISHED ⓘ
country China ⓘ
Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
culturalPractice animist beliefs ⓘ
oral epic tradition ⓘ
shamanic rituals ⓘ
domesticatedAnimal reindeer ⓘ
ethnicity Evenki NERFINISHED ⓘ
exonym Tungus NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution Amur region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transbaikal region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yakutia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalInteractionWith Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Tungusic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
livelihood fur hunting ⓘ
semi-nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
nativeLanguage Evenki language NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAsEthnicMinorityIn China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousIn People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Evenkiysky District NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Even NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hezhen people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Negidal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oroqen people NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Russian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
subgroupOf Tungusic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalDwelling chum-like tent ⓘ
conical tent ⓘ
traditionalEnvironment taiga ⓘ
traditionalOccupation fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
reindeer herding ⓘ
traditionalRegion Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northeastern China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalTransport reindeer riding ⓘ
reindeer sled ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (17)

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

Evenki language → belongsToEthnicGroup → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evenki
Hulunbuir → ethnicGroup → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evenki
Solon language → ethnicGroup → Evenki people ⓘ
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District → ethnicGroup → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evenk people
Evenki language → hasAlternativeName → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evenk
Ulchsky District → hasIndigenousGroup → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evenk people
Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North → hasMemberCommunities → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evenki
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic → includeEthnicGroup → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evenki
Transbaikal → indigenousLanguage → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evenki
Dudinka district → indigenousPeople → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evenki
Anabar River → indigenousPeoplesRegion → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evenki
Sakha (Yakut) people → relatedEthnicGroup → Evenki people ⓘ
subject surface form: Sakha people
Udege people → relatedEthnicGroup → Evenki people ⓘ
Xibe → relatedEthnicity → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evenki
Evenki language → spokenBy → Evenki people ⓘ
Solon language → spokenBy → Evenki people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solon Evenki people
chum → usedBy → Evenki people ⓘ