Selkup

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Uralic people ethnic group indigenous people

The Selkup are an indigenous Uralic-speaking people of Siberia, traditionally semi-nomadic hunters, fishers, and reindeer herders living mainly along the middle reaches of the Ob River in Russia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Mansi people 1
Selkup language 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Uralic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
censusClassification small-numbered indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
environment forest-tundra ⓘ
river floodplains ⓘ
taiga ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Russia ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfRussification 17th century ⓘ
historicalReligion animism ⓘ
indigenousTo Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia ⓘ
surface form: Krasnoyarsk Krai

Tomsk Oblast ⓘ
Western Siberia ⓘ
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug ⓘ
language Selkup language ⓘ
languageFamily Uralic languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
languageSubfamily Samoyedic languages ⓘ
partOf Samoyedic languages ⓘ
surface form: Samoyedic peoples

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic ⓘ
surface form: indigenous peoples of the Russian North
primaryRegion Siberia ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous small-numbered people of the North in Russia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Enets ⓘ
Khanty people ⓘ
surface form: Khanty

Nenets ⓘ
Nganasan ⓘ
religion Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Russian Orthodoxy

shamanism ⓘ
traditionalAnimalHusbandry reindeer ⓘ
traditionalBeliefElement ancestor worship ⓘ
nature spirits ⓘ
traditionalClothingMaterial reindeer hide ⓘ
traditionalHousing chum ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
traditionalOccupation fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
reindeer herding ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence river fishing ⓘ
taiga hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory middle reaches of the Ob River ⓘ
traditionalTransport reindeer sled ⓘ
river boat ⓘ
usesScript Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Uralic languages → hasMember → Selkup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selkup language
Nenets → relatedGroup → Selkup ⓘ
Ugric languages → spokenBy → Selkup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mansi people