Oroches
They lived in Seaside and Khabarovsk regions. Speak Oroches
language (Altaic group). Almost all of them have the settled image of life. The traditional
economic activity includes a fishery, the hunting marine animals. Saved traditional
faiths - Animism and Shamanism. Tofalars
(300 persons)
That is the people in the Southern Siberia (Nijneundinskiy
area of Irkutsk region). Speak Tofalars language (Altaic group). Are related to East
Tuvins. In 1757 relatives of Tofalars remained in Russia and were undergone by influence
of Russian culture. The traditional economic activity includes the mountian deer breeding.
The traditional faiths:Animism, Shamanism, the cult of mountain.
Aleuts
The people in USA, indigenous population of Aleuts islands. Number about 6000 persons.
About 550 persons live on the territory of Russian Federation, in Komandors islands. Speak
Aleuts language (Eskimos-aleuts group). The name "Aleuts" was given to
this people after discovery of Aleuts islands by Russian travellers, and for the first
time meets in the documents of the 1747 year. The traditional economic activity includes
the hunting marine animals and a fishery. Faiths: the faith in spirits, Shamanism.
Negidals
That is the people, lived along the banks of the rivers Amur and Amgun in Khabarovsk
region. Number is 504 persons. The most part of Negidals is assimilated with Olcha and
Nivkhs. Speak Negidals language (Altaic group). The traditional economic activity includes
a fishery and a hunting. The traditional faiths are Shamanism and Animism.
Enets
The main ethnic area is Dolgan-Nenets autonomous district.
Speak Enets language (Uralic group). The traditional economic activity includes a fishery and a
hunting. The traditional faiths are Shamanism
and Animism.
Oroks
The main ethnic area is island Sakhalin. Speak Oroks language (Altaic group). The traditional
economic activity includes a fishery and a hunting. The
traditional faith is Shamanism.
Ains
That is the people in Japan, in Hoccaido island. Are
partially settled on the Southern Sakhalin and Kuril islands. Number is about 20 thousand
persons. Speak Japanese and Ains languages. Have undergone of intensive assimilation by
Japanese in Japan, Nivkhs and Itelmens in Sakhalin and Kamchatka (in Russia). The traditional
economic activity includes the river fishery, the hunting marine and land animals. The traditional
faiths are the faith in spirits, in owners of the nature, in the astral deity. They have
the characteristic " bear holiday " with killing and eating of a bear.
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