Nanai people

E1000401

The Nanai people are an indigenous Tungusic ethnic group of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, traditionally living along the Amur River and known for their fishing, hunting, and rich shamanic and folklore traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nanai people canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Goldi ⓘ
Hezhe (in China) ⓘ
autonym Nanai ⓘ
country China ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
ethnographicGroupOf Tungusic peoples ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice bear cult elements ⓘ
folklore storytelling ⓘ
oral epic tradition ⓘ
shamanic rituals ⓘ
language Nanai language ⓘ
languageFamily Tungusic languages ⓘ
nativeTo Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East

northeastern China ⓘ
populationCenter Heilongjiang Province ⓘ
linked to: Heilongjiang

Khabarovsk Krai ⓘ
Primorsky Krai ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous small-numbered people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of Russia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Evenki people ⓘ
Oroch people ⓘ
Udege people ⓘ
Ulch people ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Russian Orthodoxy ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
subgroupOf Amur Tungusic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Tungusic peoples
traditionalClothingMaterial fish skin ⓘ
fur ⓘ
traditionalCraft birch bark work ⓘ
embroidery ⓘ
fish-skin clothing ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
traditionalFoodSource salmon ⓘ
sturgeon ⓘ
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean dwellings ⓘ
wooden houses ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Amur River basin ⓘ
Lower Amur River ⓘ
Sungari River region ⓘ
Ussuri River region ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Primorye
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin script (historically and in some contexts) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Nanai language → spokenBy → Nanai people ⓘ
Hezhen language → ethnicGroup → Nanai people ⓘ
Udege people → relatedEthnicGroup → Nanai people ⓘ
Ulchsky District → hasIndigenousGroup → Nanai people ⓘ
Nanaysky District → namedAfter → Nanai people ⓘ
Nanaysky District → hasEthnicGroup → Nanai people ⓘ
Bikin River → traditionalTerritoryOf → Nanai people ⓘ
Lower Amur Nanai → hasEthnicGroup → Nanai people ⓘ
Ulch people → relatedEthnicGroup → Nanai people ⓘ
Hezhen people → relatedEthnicGroup → Nanai people ⓘ
Hezhenyu → spokenBy → Nanai people ⓘ