Nenets

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The Nenets are an Indigenous Samoyedic people of northern Russia known for their reindeer herding, nomadic lifestyle, and adaptation to the Arctic tundra environment.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Nenets canonical 25
Nenets people 17
Forest Nenets 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Samoyedic people
ethnic group
autonym Neney nenets
climateAdaptation Arctic climate
continent Asia
Europe
country Russia
culturalHeritage epic songs
oral tradition
shamanic rituals
culturalPractice seasonal migration with reindeer herds
ethnographicRegion northern Russia
facingIssue climate change impacts on tundra
industrial development in Arctic regions
historicalRegion Gydan Peninsula
Kanin Peninsula
Yamal Peninsula
language Nenets language
linked to: Nenets
languageBranch Samoyedic branch of Uralic
languageFamily Uralic languages
legalStatus recognized Indigenous people in Russian Federation law
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Russia
populationRegion Arkhangelsk Oblast
Komi Republic
linked to: Komi ASSR

Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
recognizedAs Indigenous small-numbered people of the North in Russia
relatedGroup Enets
Nganasan
Selkup
religion Russian Orthodox Christianity
animism
shamanism
subgroupOf Samoyedic peoples
linked to: Nenets
traditionalClothingMaterial reindeer hide
traditionalDwelling chum
traditionalEconomy fishing
hunting
reindeer pastoralism
traditionalHabitat Arctic tundra
forest-tundra zone
traditionalLifestyle nomadic
traditionalOccupation reindeer herding
uses reindeer for clothing
reindeer for food
reindeer for transport
writingSystem Cyrillic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (49)

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

Nenets subgroupOf Samoyedic peoples
linked to: Nenets
Nenets language Nenets language
linked to: Nenets
Uralic languages hasMember Nenets language
linked to: Nenets
Neney nenets refersTo Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Neney nenets usedBy Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Neney nenets ethnicContext Nenets
Enets relatedEthnicGroup Nenets
Gydan Peninsula traditionalInhabitants Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Selkup relatedEthnicGroup Nenets
Kanin Peninsula traditionalUsers Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Nenets Autonomous Okrug namedAfter Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug namedAfter Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Northern Russia inhabitedBy Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Novaya Zemlya historicallyInhabitedBy Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Samoyedic languages includesLanguage Tundra Nenets
linked to: Nenets
Samoyedic languages includesLanguage Forest Nenets
linked to: Nenets
Samoyedic languages areSpokenByEthnicGroup Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Krasnoyarsk Krai indigenousPeople Nenets
subject linked to: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Khanty people relatedEthnicGroup Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Ob River region historicallyInhabitedBy Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Salekhard hasCulturalGroup Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District ethnicGroup Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Samoyed territories traditionalInhabitants Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
lower Yenisei River historicallyInhabitedBy Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Nenets language spokenBy Nenets people
linked to: Nenets
Nenets language ethnicity Nenets
Nenets language hasDialect Tundra Nenets
linked to: Nenets
Nenets language hasDialect Forest Nenets
linked to: Nenets
chum usedBy Nenets people
linked to: Nenets