Nivkh

E474083

ethnic group indigenous people minority group in Russia

The Nivkh are an indigenous people of the Russian Far East, traditionally living by fishing, hunting, and reindeer herding along the lower Amur River and on Sakhalin Island, with their own distinct language and culture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nivkh canonical	3
Nivkhs	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ minority group in Russia ⓘ
affectedBy	Soviet collectivization ⓘ sedentarization policies ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Giliak NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilyak NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
culturalPractice	animistic beliefs ⓘ bear festival ⓘ clan-based social organization ⓘ totemic clans ⓘ
ethnonym	Nivkh people NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContact	Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Nivkh language ⓘ
languageFamily	language isolate ⓘ
languageStatus	endangered ⓘ
legalStatusInRussia	protected indigenous minority ⓘ
mainAdministrativeRegion	Khabarovsk Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakhalin Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName	нивхгу ⓘ
populationTrend	declining ⓘ
primaryRegion	Russian Far East NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	indigenous small-numbered people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroups	Tungusic peoples (geographical proximity) ⓘ
religion	Russian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ shamanism ⓘ
traditionalClothing	fish-skin garments ⓘ fur clothing ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	dog breeding ⓘ fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ reindeer herding ⓘ
traditionalFood	fish oil ⓘ salmon ⓘ seal meat ⓘ
traditionalHousing	conical summer tents ⓘ semi-subterranean winter houses ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Amur estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakhalin Island NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Sakhalin coast ⓘ lower Amgun River NERFINISHED ⓘ lower Amur River NERFINISHED ⓘ lower Tunguska (Khabarovsk Krai) NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Sakhalin NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalTransport	boats ⓘ dog sleds ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Sakhalin Island → indigenousPeople → Nivkh ⓘ

Sakhalin Oblast → hasEthnicGroup → Nivkh ⓘ

Karafuto Prefecture → ethnicGroupPresent → Nivkh ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East → ethnicGroup → Nivkh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nivkhs