Orochons

E588148

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

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Oroch 4
Orochs 2
Orochons canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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
linked to: Manchuria

Siberia
historicalLifestyle semi-nomadic
languageFamily Tungusic languages
populationTrend declining
recognizedAsIndigenousIn Russia
recognizedAsMinorityIn China
region Amur River basin
Greater Khingan Range
Zabaykalsky Krai
relatedEthnicGroup Evenks
Hezhen
linked to: Hezhe

Nanai
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
Russian

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Evenks subgroup Orochons
Indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East ethnicGroup Oroch
linked to: Orochons
Lamut relatedEthnicGroup Oroch
linked to: Orochons
Nanai relatedEthnicGroup Oroch
linked to: Orochons
Ulch relatedEthnicGroup Oroch
linked to: Orochons
Evens relatedEthnicGroup Orochs
linked to: Orochons
Even people relatedEthnicGroup Orochs
linked to: Orochons