The Evenk carried something slung over his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
"Time doesn't mean anything to an Evenk," Galich said. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
No, the first commenter had it: it was Even and Evenk. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: LISTING LANGUAGES.] Reference
Galich walked to the Evenk still kneeling on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
Someone, Dimitri Galich, could tell the Evenk, tell him to go away. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
Even with layer-upon-layer of clothes and the best Evenk-made furs, no one could remain outside tonight without pain. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
"He does not appear to have been impressed," said Rostnikov moving across the wooden floor toward the kneeling Evenk. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
Shamanism is still practiced among the few Evenk natives remaining in the area and superstition is remarkably powerful. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
The Evenk finished his packing, threw the sack over his shoulder and turned to Rostnikov, pointing at the jar of dark liquid. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
Karpo's eyes found those of the shaman and only then did the Evenk move forward and up the slope to the rock where the two men stood. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
"You could find new evidence, evidence that the murderer is the Evenk, the one Mirasnikov saw, the one you talked to," she said eagerly. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
Siberian towns sprang up to mine copper, diamonds, gold, to develop power from wild rivers, to revive the fur trade with the Evenk natives who have paid little attention to six hundred years of history. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
The Evenk of Siberia contribute two simple but evocative masks made of pounded, punctured and painted metal. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
The traditional culture of the Evenk, who excel at reindeer herding, hunting and fishing had eroded through contact with Western civilization. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Platinum Recording Artists Rihanna and Justin Bieber to Perform Live at Nickelodeon's 23rd Annual Kids' Choice Awards Airing Saturday, March 27 from Los Angeles] Reference
Evenk residents confirmed that Evenkia for Our Descendants is active in the region, distributing flyers, but they said it lacks public support. From Wordnik.com. [FP Passport] Reference
And that can be found in another line in his CV: Three years ago, Khloponin oversaw the incorporation into Krasnoyarsk Krai, of which he was governor, of the Taimyr and Evenk autonomous districts. From Wordnik.com. [Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty] Reference
A pro-Kremlin think tank says it helped RusHydro, the state-controlled hydropower giant, create a social organization pretending to represent the Evenk people in order to overcome local opposition to a new dam. From Wordnik.com. [axisoflogic.com] Reference
For eight years, Alexandra Lavrillier, a brilliant French ethnologist, has been fighting alongside them to save their heritage, setting up a nomadic school that will give Evenk children the chance to receive modern education without having to sacrifice their ancestral traditions. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Platinum Recording Artists Rihanna and Justin Bieber to Perform Live at Nickelodeon's 23rd Annual Kids' Choice Awards Airing Saturday, March 27 from Los Angeles] Reference
An old Evenk mounted the head in exchange for the meat and the hide. ". From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
"Perhaps, if the Evenk are correct about reincarnation, it may be so in another life. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
"And my only witness is an Evenk shaman who speaks no English and doesn't believe in time. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
"I can ask him if he saw someone killed in town but to an Evenk a week ago is like ten years ago. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
There was even talk that Commissar Rutkin was killed by a snow monster called up by an Evenk shaman to destroy the godless intruder. ". From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
Shaman's a Evenk word. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
He speaks Evenk and knows the taiga. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
"You speak the Evenk language?". From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
"The Evenk shaman?" asked Rostnikov. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
"The Evenk accused Lev to protect himself. From Wordnik.com. [A Cold Red Sunrise]
Evenk (Tura), Khanty-Mansi, Komi-Permyak (Kudymkar), Koryak. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
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