Penan

E168468

The Penan are an indigenous, traditionally nomadic hunter-gatherer people of the rainforests of Borneo, known for their deep forest knowledge and struggles to protect their ancestral lands from logging.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Penan people 7
Penan canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
hunter-gatherer society ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
advocacySupportFrom environmental NGOs ⓘ
human rights organizations ⓘ
affectedBy commercial logging ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
oil palm plantations ⓘ
country Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Malaysia ⓘ
culturalPractice egalitarian social organization ⓘ
semi-nomadic settlement patterns ⓘ
sharing of food ⓘ
culturalThreat loss of language ⓘ
loss of traditional knowledge ⓘ
demographicTrend decline of fully nomadic groups ⓘ
sedentarization ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Borneo ⓘ
knownFor blowpipe hunting ⓘ
deep forest knowledge ⓘ
sago palm utilization ⓘ
tracking skills ⓘ
use of poison darts ⓘ
language Penan language ⓘ
linked to: Bornean languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup North Sarawak languages ⓘ
locatedIn Borneo ⓘ
Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Malaysia ⓘ
Sarawak ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
region Sarawak ⓘ
northern Borneo ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kayan ⓘ
Kenyah ⓘ
Punan ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
animism ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
struggle land rights recognition ⓘ
opposition to logging ⓘ
protection of ancestral lands ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence economy ⓘ
traditionalEnvironment Bornean rainforest ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
traditionalFoodSource forest fruits ⓘ
wild game ⓘ
wild sago ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle nomadic ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Sarawak → hasEthnicGroup → Penan ⓘ
Kenyah → relatedEthnicGroup → Penan people ⓘ
linked to: Penan
Baram River → hasIndigenousGroupInBasin → Penan people ⓘ
linked to: Penan
Baram River → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Penan people ⓘ
linked to: Penan
Murum Dam → associatedEthnicGroupsAffected → Penan ⓘ
subject linked to: Murum Dam on Murum River
Punan languages → spokenBy → Penan people ⓘ
linked to: Penan
Kenyah people → relatedEthnicGroup → Penan people ⓘ
linked to: Penan
Kelabit people → relatedEthnicGroup → Penan people ⓘ
linked to: Penan
Interior Highlands of Borneo → inhabitedBy → Penan people ⓘ
linked to: Penan
Orang Ulu → subgroup → Penan ⓘ
Punan → relatedGroup → Penan ⓘ