Sakai people

For the "Sakai people" (Orang Sakai) of the Malay Peninsula Orang Asli people, see Semang.

**Sakai people**
**Orang Sakai**
Total population
(4,995)
Regions with significant populations
Riau, Indonesia
Languages
Sakai language
Religion
Animism, Islam, Christian
Related ethnic groups
Malay people, Minangkabau people, Talang Mamak people, Akit people, Orang Asli

Sakai is one of the tribal communities in Indonesia traditionally living in the interior of Riau, Sumatra.^[1] Some of them still leading the nomadic and Hunter-gatherer lifestyle in the remote interior of Sumatra, while most settled into major cities and towns in Sumatra with the rise of industrialisation.^[2]

There are various theory pertaining to the origin of Sakai people, one of the theories include that they are the descendant of the Proto-Malay and Negrito tribes that had been pushed inland due to the arrival of the Malay people to Sumatra.^[3] While some of them claimed that they are Minangkabau origin who migrated to the edge of Gasib River, upstream of Rokan River, Riau hinterland in the 14th century.^[4]

Most of the Sakai community living today involved in the agricultural sector. There are no definite data about the number of Sakai. Population data issued by the Ministry of Social Affairs Republic of Indonesia stated that the number of Sakai in Bengkalis Regency of 4,995 inhabitants.^[5]

References

↑ Abramson, Allen; Theodossopoulus, Dimitrios (2000-11-20). Land, Law and Environment: Mythical Land, Legal Boundaries. Pluto Press. pp. 177–. ISBN 9780745315706. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
↑ http://metroterkini.com/berita-8710-mengenal-lebih-dekat--tentang-keunikan-suku-asli-di-riau.html Mengenal Lebih Dekat Tentang Keunikan Suku Asli di Riau
↑ http://www.psychologymania.com/2011/07/mengenal-suku-sakai-suku-pedalaman-di.html
↑ Suparlan, Parsudi (1993). Orang Sakai di Riau: Masyarakat Terasing dalam Masyarakat Indonesia. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor. p. 72.
↑ Suparlan, Parsudi (1993). Orang Sakai di Riau: Masyarakat Terasing dalam Masyarakat Indonesia. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor. p. 89.

Ethnic groups in Indonesia by region

Sumatra	Acehnese Batak Angkola Karo Mandailing Pakpak Simalungun Toba Alas Kluet Singkil Gayo Kubu Lampung Malay Batin Mentawai (Sakuddei) Minangkabau Aneuk Jamee Sakai Nias Rejang Seafarers Orang laut Orang Kuala Simeulue

Java	Betawi Cirebonese Javanese Banyumasan Osing Tenggerese Madurese Sundanese Baduy Bantenese

Kalimantan	Banjarese Dayak Bahau Kayan Kenyah Uma Baka' Bidayuh Kendayan Selako Bukitan Iban Mualang Kelabit Krio Kwijau Lun Bawang Murut Tidung Ot Danum Dusun Lawangan Ma'anyan Ngaju Bakumpai Meratus Punan Bah Malay Berau Seafarers Bajau Suluk

Sulawesi	Buginese Butonese Bonerate Gorontaloan Lindu Makassarese Mandarese Minahasan Mongondow Muna Pamona Sangirese Tau Taa Wana Toraja

Papua	Melanesians Papuan Amungme Asmat Bauzi Dani Ekari Fayu Kombai Korowai Lani Marind Mek Moni Sawi Wolani Yali

Lesser Sunda Islands	Atoni Bali Aga Balinese Bunak Kemak Lamaholot Manggarai Nage Sasak Savu Sika Sumba Sumbawa

Maluku Islands	Moluccans Alfur Alune Ambelau Ambonese Buru Kayeli Lisela Manusela Nuaulu Togutil Wemale

Non-indigenous	African Arab Chinese (Tionghoa) Benteng Chinese Peranakan Eurasian Indo people Filipino Indian Tamil Jewish Pakistani Totok

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