Nanai

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The Nanai are an indigenous Tungusic people of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, traditionally known for fishing, hunting, and a river-based way of life along the Amur and Ussuri rivers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tungusic language
Tungusic people
ethnic group
indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Goldi
Hezhe (in China)
linked to: Hezhe
autonym Nanai
ethnicGroupOf Russian Far East
linked to: Russia Far East

northeastern China
historicalContactWith Qing dynasty
Russian Empire
historicalRegion Lower Amur region
linked to: Lower Amur Nanai
language Nanai language
languageFamily Tungusic languages
nativeTo Amur River basin
linked to: Amur River

Ussuri River basin
linked to: Ussuri River
populationCenter Heilongjiang Province
linked to: Heilongjiang

Khabarovsk Krai
Primorsky Krai
primaryCountry China
Russia
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
relatedEthnicGroup Evenks
Oroch
linked to: Orochons

Udege
Ulch
religion Buddhism
Russian Orthodoxy
subgroupOf Tungusic peoples
traditionalBelief animism
traditionalClothingMaterial fish skin
fur
leather
traditionalCraft fish-skin tanning
fur processing
wood carving
traditionalDwelling conical tents
semi-subterranean houses
traditionalEconomicActivity fishing
hunting
reindeer herding
trapping
traditionalFoodSource salmon
sturgeon
traditionalLifestyle river-based way of life
traditionalReligion shamanism
traditionalTransport dog sleds
river boats
UNESCOIntangibleHeritageRelatedTo Nanai fish-skin processing (Hezhe fish-skin art)

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Even relatedEthnicGroup Nanai
Nanai autonym Nanai
Ulch relatedEthnicGroup Nanai
Hezhe alsoKnownAs Nanai (in Russia-related contexts)
linked to: Nanai
Hezhe relatedEthnicGroup Nanai (Russian Far East)
linked to: Nanai
Nanai people autonym Nanai
Hezhenyu ethnicGroup Nanai