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Evenki people

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Evenki people

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Also known as Tunguz, Evenks

ethnic group

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The Evenki are an indigenous people native to Siberia in Russia, traditionally known for herding reindeer across the vast Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. They are culturally and linguistically distinct, and their survival and rights are important for preserving the diversity of indigenous cultures and ways of life in the far north.

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Instance of
ethnic group
Native language
Russian
Country
Mongolia
Population
384
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Evenk family in the early 1900s.jpg
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Evenki
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Category:Evenks
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Encyclopedic overview

Alternative Chinese name Chinese埃文基族

Mongolian name Mongolian CyrillicХамниган

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Evenki people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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