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The Nivkh (also known as Gilyak) live in the Russian Far East along both banks of the lower Amur River and the northern parts of the Sakhalin Island. They speak an isolate language (also called Nivkh) with two main dialects, one spoken in Amur and the other in Sakhalin. The traditional subsistence of the Nivkh was based on fishing and marine hunting, supplemented by hunting for land mammals during the fall. By 1990, the Nivkh were well integrated into the Russian economy and culture. Yet many Nivkh families continued to observe traditional economic activities and cultural practices which they were eager to perpetuate.

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The Nivkh (Gilyak) of Sakhalin and the Lower Amur

Relative status of wife givers and wife takers in Gilyak society

Hunting of the beluga by the Gilyaks of the village of Puir

Pregnancy, birth and miscarriage among the inhabitants of Sakhalin Island (Gilyak and Ainu)

Author	Title	Publication Date
Austerlitz, Robert	Culture Summary	2010
Black, Lydia	The Nivkh (Gilyak) of Sakhalin and the Lower Amur	1973
Black, Lydia	Relative status of wife givers and wife takers in Gilyak society	1972
Kreinovich, E. A.	Hunting of the beluga by the Gilyaks of the village of Puir	1935
Piłsudski, Bronisław	Pregnancy, birth and miscarriage among the inhabitants of Sakhalin Island (Gilyak and Ainu)	1910
Seeland, Nicolas	The Gilyaks	1882
Shrenk, Leopol'd Ivanovich	The peoples of the Amur region	1895
Shternberg, Lev IAkovlevich	The Gilyak, Orochi, Goldi, Negidal, Ainu	1933

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