Evenki migrations in early times and their relationship with rivers

• Published in: Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines
• Main Author: Wure’ertu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centre d'Etudes Mongoles & Sibériennes / École Pratique des Hautes Études 2018
• Subjects: Évenk; Chine; récit; migration; histoire; rivière; chamanisme; Evenki; China; narrative; history; rivers; shamanism; anthro-se; hist; Renne; renne
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/emscat.3196; http://journals.openedition.org/emscat/3196

In this essay, the Evenki writer Wure’ertu presents three legends that have been handed down until today among Evenki groups living in the People’s Republic of China. The two first legends were gathered among the Evenki reindeer herders and the Solon Evenki in 1956-1957 as part of the Chinese nation...