http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/evens.shtmlOverview article from The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire.The self-designation of the Evens is, for a part of them, even and oven ,
and for another part orochel (the reindeer people). There are others still.
Formerly, the Evens were known as the Lamuts. This name can be seen in
Russian sources of the 17th century. In the Even language lamu means the
sea
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