Even

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The Even are an Indigenous Siberian people traditionally engaged in reindeer herding, hunting, and fishing across northeastern Russia.

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Even canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Siberian people
ethnic group
alsoKnownAs Eveń
Ewen
Lamut
climateOfHomeland subarctic
clothingTradition reindeer-skin garments
countryLegalStatus Indigenous small-numbered people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation
culturalPractice oral epic tradition
reindeer festivals
shamanic rituals
currentState Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
dwellingType chum
economicActivity transport by reindeer sled
ethnonym Eveny
historicalEmpire Russian Empire
historicalState Soviet Union
language Even language
languageFamily Tungusic languages
nativeName эвэн
nativeNameLanguage Even language
populationTrend declining
primaryCountry Russia
primaryRegion Russian Far East
linked to: Russia Far East

Siberia
recognizedBy Russian government
regionOfOrigin Northeastern Siberia
linked to: Eastern Siberia
relatedEthnicGroup Evenki
linked to: Evenks

Nanai
Ulch
religion Russian Orthodox Christianity
shamanism
scriptUsedForLanguage Cyrillic
traditionalBeliefSystem animism
traditionalEconomy fur hunting
river fishing
taiga reindeer pastoralism
traditionalLifestyle nomadic
semi-nomadic
traditionalOccupation fishing
hunting
reindeer herding
traditionalTerritory Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Kamchatka Krai
Khabarovsk Krai
Magadan Oblast
Yakutia
UNESCOLanguageStatus definitely endangered

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