Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Nivkh (also Nivkhs Nivkhi or Gilyak; ethnonym: Nivxi; language нивхгу – Nivxgu) are an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Island and the region of the Amur River estuary in Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai. Nivkh were mainly fishermen hunters and dog breeders. The Nivkh were semi-nomadic living near the coasts in the summer and wintering inland along streams and rivers to catch salmon.
