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	Ewenki Ethnic Minority - China Style
		The Ewenki ethnic group has a population of 26,315 that is sparsely distributed across seven banners (counties) in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and in Nahe County in Heilongjiang Province, mixing together with the Mongolians, Daurs, Hans and Oroqens.
		After killing a bear, the Ewenkis would conduct a series of rituals at which the bear's head, bones and entrails are bundled in birch bark or dry grass and hung on a tree to give the beast a "wind burial." The hunters weep and kowtow while making offerings of tobacco to the dead animal.
		Ewenki Autonomous Banner is the main living area of the Ewenki ethnic group.
	library.thinkquest.org /05aug/01780/chinese-ethnic-group/ewenki.htm (1212 words)

	Ethnic Groups - china.org.cn
		In history, the Ewenkis and the Oroqens and Mongolians living in forests to the east of Lake Baikal and the Heilong River Valley in the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368) were known as a "forest people," and a people "moving on deer's backs" by the time of the Ming (1368-1644).
		In 1732, 1,600 Ewenkis were called up in the Buteha area and ordered together with their family dependents to perform garrison duties as frontier guards on the Hulunbuir Grassland.
		The expansion of agriculture and animal husbandry finally brought the Ewenki nomads to the threshold of a patriarchal feudal society.
	www.china.org.cn /e-groups/shaoshu/shao-2-ewenki.htm (2026 words)

	Ewenki Minority - Chinese Nationalities
		The ancestor of Ewenki people originally lived in the forests northeast of Lake Baikal and along the Shileke River (upper reaches of the Heilong River).
		Only in the last 25 years have the Ewenki begun giving up their birch-bark and hide tents of migrant hunters for a more settled life.
		The Ewenki are found in Heilongjiang Province near the Russian border and in Nei Mongol Autonomous Region.
	www.paulnoll.com /China/Minorities/min-Ewenki.html (300 words)

	East Asian Studies 210 Notes: The Ewenki/Ewen
		As the Ewenki spread northward over vast stretches of Central Siberia during the past several hundred years, they merged with and displaced the earlier aborigines of this area, believed to have been related to the Yukagirs who now live only in the circumpolar North.
		But the Ewenki language endures and is taught in the local schools,though strong dialectal divisions have hampered the development of a single literary standard (the same problem affecting Khanty and Mansi in Western Siberia).
		Ancient Ewenki beliefs about the origin of the earth, shared by all the dispersed Ewenki tribes in some form or another, are as follows: In the beginning there were two brothers' the elder was an evil spirit and the younger a good one who became spirit-master of the upper world.
	pandora.cii.wwu.edu /vajda/ea210/ewenkiewen.htm (1719 words)

	Ewenki
		The Ewenki were allowed to bring their wives and children along, so the ended up settling there, becoming the direct ancestors of the present-day Ewenki.
		The traditional beliefs of the Ewenki are rooted in shamanism (the belief in good and evil spirits that can be influenced by the shaman or holy person) and totemism (the practice of having animals or natural objects as personal and clan symbols).
		The dress of urban Ewenki is similar to that of the Chinese.
	www.everyculture.com /wc/Mauritania-to-Nigeria/Ewenki.html (2223 words)

	Ewenki People, Chinese Ethnic Minorities, China Nationality
		The Ewenki ethnic minority treasures their name of nationality which means 'people living in the mountain forests'.
		With a relatively small population of 30,505 (in the year 2000), the Ewenki ethnic minority mostly live in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which is favorably bestowed with pastures, forests, farmland, as well as mineral resources like iron, gold, bronze and crystal.
		The Ewenki language belongs to the Tungus-Manchu branch of the Altaic phylum.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/nationality/ewenki (547 words)

	CCTV International
		The Ewenki ethnic minority has a population of 26,315 (as of 1990) that is sparsely distributed across seven banners (counties) in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and in Nahe County in Heilongjiang Province.
		The spoken language of the Ewenki people, which is comprised of three dialects, belongs to the Manchu-Tungusic Austronesian of the Altai Phylum.
		The Ewenkis' language has no written form and Mongolian is spoken in pasturing area while the Chinese language is used in farming regions.
	www.cctv.com /english/special/C16472/20060921/101463.shtml (385 words)

	China Source
		As of 1979 the head of the banner was an Ewenki who was rigorously pro-party and who took great pride, for the sake of the Ewenki, in his appointment.
		Ewenki celebrate the Mikol festival during which they go from yurt to yurt, drinking wine and eating fine foods.
		Ewenki are an honest and hospitable people who treat guests to tobacco, milk tea and stewed meat.
	www.chsource.org /Ewenki.htm (550 words)

	CNN.com - China's last dance with the reindeer - May 21, 2002
		Fears have materialized that the Ewenki of Aoluguya, which means "flourishing aspen," will loose their identity when plans take shape to move them from their homes in the mountains.
		The Ewenki hunters are located in primeval birch forests in the northern part of the Hinggan mountains, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of the Mo River, at the northernmost tip of China's territory on the Mongolian border.
		Yet the Ewenki, composed of three fairly distinct groups -- Solon, Khanigan and the Aoluguya -- are quite different in terms of language and culture.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/05/21/china.ewenki/index.html (852 words)

	Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center
		Ewenki hunters used to be a "reindeer tribe," the only ethnic-minority people in China living on raising reindeer.
		Ewenki hunters moved to Aoluguya in 1965 from the township of Qigan by the Eerguna River.
		Furthermore, the Ewenki hunters, scattered in the mountains, are unable to get adequate education, medical care, water and power supply and telecommunications services, Du explained.
	www.smhric.org /Hada/Evict_25.htm (655 words)

	Be it ever so humble...
		She believed that all the strangers who had suddenly descended on the town were there to try to persuade her to leave her home.
		However for most of the Ewenki, reindeer are the only real assets they possess, surrendering them would require quite a leap of faith.
		The Ewenki, sometimes known as Evenki, or Tungus, live in the far north-east of China, in Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang Province.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2003-08/22/content_257461.htm (1238 words)

	China today
		The nomadic Ewenki living in Aoluguya Village are known as the people that move on the backs of reindeer.
		To maintain ecological balance of the local primeval forest, on August 10, 2003, the 498 Ewenki living in Aoluguya Village began the move to their new homeland.
		The Ewenki evolution from nomads to farmers was a key transition.
	www.chinatoday.com.cn /English/e2003/e200311/p30.htm (195 words)

	CNN.com - China's last dance with the reindeer - May 21, 2002
		Fears have materialized that the Ewenki of Aoluguya, which means "flourishing aspen," will loose their identity when plans take shape to move them from their homes in the mountains.
		The Ewenki hunters are located in primeval birch forests in the northern part of the Hinggan mountains, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of the Mo River, at the northernmost tip of China's territory on the Mongolian border.
		Yet the Ewenki, composed of three fairly distinct groups -- Solon, Khanigan and the Aoluguya -- are quite different in terms of language and culture.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/05/21/china.ewenki (852 words)

	Ewenki
		El idioma hablado por los ewenki pertenece al grupo de las lenguas tungÃºs de la familia de las lenguas altaicas.
		Los ewenki fueron en sus orÃgenes un pueblo nÃ³mada, por lo que solÃan vivir en campamentos formados por diversas tiendas.
		Los antepasados de los ewenki actuales fueron pueblos nÃ³madas que habitaron en las orillas del lago Baikal y que vivÃan bÃ¡sicamente e la caza y la pesca.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2Fes%2FEwenki (656 words)

	China Travel Service - Destination Guide - Hohhot
		The Ewenki hunters live in the tents which are called "Xian-Ren-Zhu" in the Ewenki language.
		The frame of the tent is a supporting ring, made of birch poles or willow poles, covered with dried reed or birch bark in summer or in autumn, and covered with the animals' skins in winter and spring.
		When the Ewenki people find that cows or female sheep can't recognize their own children, they will sing such a song to persuade them to be kind enough to let the young suck the breast.
	www.chinats.com /hohhot/minority3.htm (206 words)

	The Ewenki Ethnic Minority
		In 1635, the Kemunikans came under the domination of Manchu rulers after their conquest of the Lake Baikal area, to be followed around the years from 1639 to 1640 by their control of the Sulongs living to the east of Lake Baikal.
		The Ewenkis in the Ewenki Autonomous Banner and the Chenbaerfu Banner lead a nomadic life, wandering with their herds from place to place in search of grass and water.
		Dispersed to live in different places and with many Ewenkis dragged into the army by the Qing rulers, the Ewenki ethnic group was threatened by extinction.
	chinatravelz.com /insight/ethnic-minority/Ewenki/index.asp (2105 words)

	China Guide - the complete reference about China. Travel China is a life time experience and a better way to understand ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		An adept hand is also shown by the Ewenkis at birch bark carving and cutting in producing all kinds of fancy beasts and animals as toys for children.
		The Ewenki Autonomous Banner was established on August 1, 1958, in the Hulun Beir League (Prefecture).
		The Ewenki ethnic group which was dying out is freed from the threat of extinction.
	www.china.buntgrau.de /english/china_ethnic_minority/ewenki_minority/life_style.html (1044 words)

	China Guide - the complete reference about China. Travel China is a life time experience and a better way to understand ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Ewenkis in the Ewenki Autonomous Banner and the Chenbaerfu Banner lead a nomadic life, wandering with their herds from place to place in search of grass and water.
		The expansion of agriculture and animal husbandry finally brought the Ewenki nomads to the threshold of a patriarchal feudal society.
		The roving Ewenki hunters were still in the last stage of the primitive society on the eve of liberation.
	www.china.buntgrau.de /english/china_ethnic_minority/ewenki_minority/economy.html (806 words)

	Ewenki Ethnic Minority - China tourist & travel guide for ethnic minorities of China
		Ewenki Ethnic Minority - China tourist & travel guide for ethnic minorities of China
		The Ewenki people used to be called Tonggusi.
		Their language belongs to the Manchu-Tungusic group of the Altai language family.
	www.orientaltravel.com /people/Ewenki.htm (67 words)

	Peoples in northeast China and Inner Mongol_Virtual Science Museum of China
		The Ewenki ethnic group is one of the minority groups in China, with a population of 26,315 at present.
		The inhabited areas of Ewenki ethnic group locate in the hilly land area of a branch range of Da Xing'an Mountains.
		The Ewenki have their own language, which belong to the tunggns language division of tunggns language stocks, in the Altaic linguistic family.
	www.kepu.com.cn /english/nationalityne/ewen/200312050033.html (320 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Sebin Festival, which falls on June 18, is one of the oldest traditional festivals of the Ewenki people.
		It was once lost because of the decreasing of population and scarce inhabitation.
		It was, however, resumed 10 years ago in 1993, after the Ewenki Society, a research center studying the Ewenki heritage in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, initiated the proposal of resuming the festival in the hope of maintaining the traditional culture.
	www.ceg.com.cn /old/E-4Q/e4-n10.htm (100 words)

	Travel CRIENGLISH
		The Ewenki Autonomous Banner, nestled in the ranges of the Greater Hinggan Mountains, is where the Ewenkis live in compact communities.
		In history, the Ewenkis and the Oroqens and Mongolians living in forests to the east of Lake Baikal and the Heilong River Valley in the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368) were known as a "forest people," and a people "moving on deer's backs" by the time of the Ming (1368-1644).
		In 1732, 1,600 Ewenkis were called up in the Buteha area and ordered together with their family dependents to perform garrison duties as frontier guards on the Hulunbuir Grassland.
	en.chinabroadcast.cn /2245/2005-1-14/139@192711.htm (691 words)

	<MUTTI-L> Information From Southern Mongolian Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Ewenki hunters used to be a "reindeer tribe," the only ethnic-minority people in China living on raising reindeer.
		Ewenki hunters moved to Aoluguya in 1965 from the township of Qigan by the Eerguna River.
		Furthermore, the Ewenki hunters, scattered in the mountains, are unable to get adequate education, medical care, water and power supply and telecommunications services, Du explained.
	www.mail-archive.com /mutti-l@taklamakan.org/msg01130.html (718 words)

	China Corner - Traditional Chinese Culture
		Up to two decades ago, most Ewenki still led a nomadic existence, wandering from place to place to hunt, living in temporary umbrella-shaped yurts they call cuoluozi when they stopped to rest.
		Since the Ewenki Autonomous Banner was founded in August 1958, the city center of Nantunzhen has expanded steadily.
		Over the last 25 years, Ewenki have been giving up the birch tree bark and hide accommodations for a more settled life, according to Mide, who lives with her family in the outskirts of the city.
	www.china-corner.com /CulturalTravel/NorthernAdventures_next.asp (563 words)

	<MUTTI-L> Info from SMW ---- China coaxes last hunters out of primaeval (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Yakuts, part of the Ewenki ethnic group, are the last ethnic group that China still recognises as hunters.
		China's Communist Party sees the Ewenki hunters, like Tibetans, Mongolians and other minorities who inhabit remote areas of the country, as members of backward cultures in need of economic development.
		The 20-year-old returns to her grandmother's home in Aoxiang each vacation, taking photographs to document a way of life that may soon be lost.
	www.mail-archive.com /mutti-l@taklamakan.org/msg01540.html (996 words)

	TORONTO CHINESE DANCE COMPANY - TORONTO CHINESE DANCE ACADEMY
		The herdsmen compared the heaven as an extremely large house, showing their broad mind, unsophisticated feelings and heroic spirit as the son of nature.
		Dances of the Mongolian, Kazakh, Khalkhas, Oroqen, Ewenki, Manchu and Xibe ethnic groups have all maintained features of the pasture land culture.
		For example, Shaman of Oroqen and Ewenki nationalities always decorate their clothes with beast bones or teeth; their musical instrument "Zhuagu" (a drum that can be held in hand) is covered with beast skin and their performances imitate images of bear, hawk and deer.
	www.chinesedance.com /danceBookEnglish/chineseDance_2_3.html (1520 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Ewenki people of Mongolia technically live under the modern governmental regime, but they preserve many aspects of the traditional way of life of the Mongolian people.
		While most Ewenki are now sedentary, they continue to depend on livestock for clothing, housing, and food.
		A Ewenki woman rides a large reindeer, while two others carry items for her.
	www.freewebs.com /bwcmongolia/Ewenki.htm (123 words)

	Chinastic \| CRIENGLISH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		To outsiders, the Ewenki were known for domesticating reindeer for hunting and the transport of goods across dense mountain forests, swamps or even snow.
		In the Ewenki Banner of the Hulun Buir League, where half of them live, there are just over 20,000 households of nomadic herdsmen scattered over 19,000 square kilometers of grassland.
		Over the last 25 years, Ewenki have been giving up the birch tree bark and hide accommodations for a more settled life, according to Mide, who lives with her family in the outskirts of the city.
	chinastic.chinabroadcast.cn /chinastic/content.aspx?id=5267 (1000 words)

	text.htm
		The Ewenki hunters live in the tents which are called "Xian-Ren-Zhu" in the Ewenki language.
		The frame of the tent is a supporting ring, made of birch poles or willow poles, covered with dried reed or birch bark in summer or in autumn, and covered with the animals' skins in winter and spring.
		When the Ewenki people find that cows or female sheep can't recognize their own children, they will sing such a song to persuade them to be kind enough to let the young suck the breast.
	oak.cats.ohiou.edu /~sw245192/ling516/text1.htm (690 words)

	China today
		The Ewenki ethnic group is to leave its forest residence to move out to the suburbs.
		Ergun Lake's Aoluguya Village is the historic home of the Ewenki, but they now have begun to move out to their new home on the outskirts of Genhe City.
		The Ewenki regard their new abode, with its picturesque scenery, convenient information access and complete infrastructures, as an ideal homeland.
	www.chinatoday.com.cn /English/e200310/f3.htm (128 words)

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