Orochons

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The Orochons are an Indigenous Tungusic-speaking people of Siberia and northeastern China, traditionally known for reindeer herding, hunting, and a nomadic taiga lifestyle.

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Oroch 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Tungusic people
affectedBy Chinese state settlement policies
Soviet collectivization policies
continent Asia
country China
Russia
culturalPractice epic storytelling
oral tradition
shamanic rituals
culturalRevitalizationEffort language preservation programs
reindeer herding revival projects
environment boreal forest
mountain taiga
ethnicGroupOf Northeastern China NERFINISHED
Siberia NERFINISHED
historicalLifestyle semi-nomadic
languageFamily Tungusic languages NERFINISHED
populationTrend declining
recognizedAsIndigenousIn Russia NERFINISHED
recognizedAsMinorityIn China NERFINISHED
region Amur River basin NERFINISHED
Greater Khingan Range NERFINISHED
Zabaykalsky Krai NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Evenks NERFINISHED
Hezhen NERFINISHED
Nanai NERFINISHED
religion animism
shamanism
subgroupOf Evenki-related peoples
subsistenceType hunter-gatherer
pastoralism
threat language endangerment
loss of traditional reindeer herding
traditionalClothingMaterial fur
reindeer hide
traditionalDwelling conical tent
traditionalEconomicActivity hunting
reindeer herding
traditionalHabitat taiga
traditionalHuntingTargets bear
deer
elk
wild boar
traditionalLifestyle nomadic taiga lifestyle
traditionalTransport reindeer
usesWritingSystemOf Chinese NERFINISHED
Russian

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Indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East ethnicGroup Orochons
this entity surface form: Oroch
Evenks subgroup Orochons