Orok people

E1001812

The Orok people are an indigenous Tungusic ethnic group native to Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East, traditionally engaged in reindeer herding, hunting, and fishing.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Orok people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
demographicTrend small population ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tungusic peoples ⓘ
hasMinorityStatusIn Russia ⓘ
language Orok language ⓘ
languageFamily Tungusic languages ⓘ
livelihood semi-nomadic herding ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
nativeTo Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East

Sakhalin Island ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of Siberia ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
region Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Evenki people ⓘ
Nivkh people ⓘ
linked to: Nivkh

Udege people ⓘ
Ulch people ⓘ
traditionalOccupation fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
reindeer herding ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalTerritory eastern Sakhalin ⓘ
linked to: East Sakhalin Orok

southern Sakhalin ⓘ
usesAnimal reindeer ⓘ
vulnerableAspect cultural assimilation risk ⓘ
language endangerment ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Orok language → ethnicGroup → Orok people ⓘ
Bronisław Piłsudski → studied → Orok people ⓘ