Okiek people

E247231

The Okiek people are an indigenous hunter-gatherer community of Kenya and Tanzania, known for their forest-based lifestyle and Southern Nilotic linguistic heritage.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Okiek people canonical 4
Okiek people of Kenya 4
Okiek forest people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alternativeName Akiek ⓘ
Ogiek ⓘ
Okiek forest people ⓘ
linked to: Okiek people
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
culturalHeritage indigenous ecological knowledge ⓘ
culturalPractice age-set initiation ceremonies ⓘ
forest-based rituals ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
culturalThreat loss of forest-based culture ⓘ
loss of language ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Southern Nilotic peoples ⓘ
historicalOccupation long-term inhabitants of Kenyan highland forests ⓘ
language Okiek language ⓘ
languageFamily Kalenjin languages ⓘ
Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
legalStatus subject of land rights litigation in Kenya ⓘ
livelihoodThreat conservation-related evictions ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
populationTrend declining ⓘ
primaryResource forest honey ⓘ
wild game ⓘ
wild plants ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous community in Kenya ⓘ
minority group in Kenya ⓘ
region Mau Forest ⓘ
Mount Elgon region ⓘ
linked to: Mount Elgon

Rift Valley Province ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kalenjin people ⓘ
Maasai people ⓘ
linked to: Maasai

Ogiek people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
rightsIssue access to forest resources ⓘ
recognition of ancestral land rights ⓘ
settlementPattern dispersed forest settlements ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based ⓘ
traditionalEconomy honey production ⓘ
trade in honey with neighboring groups ⓘ
traditionalHabitat forest ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence beekeeping ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
vulnerabilityStatus marginalized community ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Okiek → spokenBy → Okiek people ⓘ
Okiek → ethnicity → Okiek people ⓘ
Okiek → hasSpeakerCommunity → Okiek people of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Okiek people
Okiek people → alternativeName → Okiek forest people ⓘ
linked to: Okiek people
Okiek language → spokenBy → Okiek people ⓘ
Okiek people of Tanzania → relatedEthnicGroup → Okiek people of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Okiek people
Okiek people of Tanzania → culturalRelation → Okiek people of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Okiek people
Okiek people of Tanzania → linguisticRelation → Okiek people of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Okiek people