Reindeer People of Eurasia [ Top ]
Reindeer People of Mountain Taiga of
Central Asia: the Tsaatan of northern Mongolia and Siberian peoples in the Todja
region of Tuva, in the Tofilar region in Irkutsk, and Evenki in southern Yakutia have the
larger taiga reindeer, compared to smaller tundra reindeer. Maps.
Dukha reindeer people of Mongolia,
also called Tsaatan, their homes, animals and country, and protocol for visiting reindeer people of
northern Mongolia, known as the Dukha or Tsaatan
Reindeer People of Northern Mongolia,
called the Dukha or Tsaschin or Tsaatan, and their way of life is threatened as their
herds decline and young people leave for the cities, with audio
Reindeer People: Ancient Roots of
Mongolian Traditions: at look at the Tsaatan people, their environment in Khuvsgul or
Hovsgol region, and their name derived from tsaa, Mongolian for reindeer
Map of Tsaatan Reindeer People: on
Mongolia-Siberia border to the northwest of Lake
Khovsgol or Hovsgol, and a map of
Mongolia showing Hovsgol region as a bulge on the northern border, west of Lake Baikal
Tuva people of Mongolia
face similar challenge to reindeer-oriented lifeway, and a large
photo of a reindeer in wilds of Mongolia
Siberia [ Top ]
People
of Siberia: info on
14 native peoples of northern Siberia, many
reindeer people, from
the Chukchi and Koryak to Samoyed peoples, with map, photos, and more on
· the
role of wild and domestic reindeer in their lives
· their
domestic life including tents, reindeer sleds
· objects
for hunting & domestic & religious life
Indigenous People of Siberia: illustrations of
native dress, lifeways for the Evens, Evenki and Dolgans of Eastern Siberia, Khanty, Mansi
and Selkups of Western Siberia, as well as Nenets and Nganasans, many being reindeer
herders and breeders
Red Book of the Peoples of
the Russian Empire: info on 85 peoples of Russia and Siberia, Chukchi,
Koryak, Itelmen, Eskimo, Yukagir, Evenks
Eastern Siberia [ Top ]
Reindeer for riding developed around Lake
Baikal in southeastern Siberia, and the large reindeer of the
Evenks is believed to be descended from that original stock. Today considered a breed
of reindeer.
Evenk or Evenki: a
people perhaps established through intermixing of Tungus and Yukagir people before the
Russians arrived
Even reindeer,
raised in the mountain taiga of eastern Siberia, are a breed considered intermediate
between Evenk and Chukotka reindeer
Even & Itelmen of
Western Kamchatka: a researcher studies their culture after the Soviet Union ended;
photos of Even reindeer people
Chukotka
reindeer reindeer are raised in Chukotka, northern Kamchatka and northeastern Yakutia.
They are considered the most recent of the reindeer groups, developing no earlier than
1,000 A.D. They are used for meat, not riding. Today considered a breed of reindeer.
Chukchi & Neighbors:
people & environment, and the life of the reindeer Chukchi, with many pictures of
reindeer and their owners, sledges, yarangas, migration, more
Chukchi
Photographs including sled dog
teams, a pair of dogs helping a hunter haul home a seal, hunters and sled dogs, reindeer
Chukotka:
an ethnographic site with map, facts, photos
including the Anadyr River, communities, reindeer camps, people, native dog
Crossroads of Continents
Exhibit: Siberia & Alaska: meet the Chukchi, Koryak, Even,
Amur River people in Siberia, more
Koryaks:
history, culture of
Koryaks, Chukchi's neighbors to the south, with photos of Koryak sled dogs, and Kamchatka's Koryak
and Itelmen and Evenk influence on Koryak
reindeer herders
Orochon or Orochi - Reindeer
People of the Amur: a Tungus people, hunters and breeders of reindeer, who also hunted
bear - many photos including Orochi, Koryak, Yukagir, with native dogs pictured
Western Siberia [ Top ]
Nentsi or Nenets
reindeer are found in northwest Siberia in the region of the lower Ob and lower
Yenisei rivers east of the Ural Mountains.
Today considered a breed of reindeer.
Nenets - Reindeer Herders of
Siberia: people of northwest Siberia near the Yamal Peninula
Northwest
Siberia's Indigenous People: Khanty, Mansi, Samoyed and other reindeer people
Krasnoyarsk Peoples: peoples from
the Siberian steppe north to the Taimyr Peninsula - Kets, Nagansans, Selkups, Samoyeds, more
Uralic-speaking Peoples:
Nenets, Nagansans, Selkup, Kanty, Mansi, with a map, and another map of
Uralic-speaking people in Western Eurasia, some of whom are reindeer people, and more on their cultures
and languages
Scandinavia [ Top ]
Sami People: reindeer herders of
Scandinavia, and the Sami: People of Sun & Wind in the archives and Sami history as ancient reindeer
hunters, and reindeer herding
origins among Saami, Scandinavians 2,000 years ago
Sami People: herders
of semi-domestic reindeer for 1,000-1,500 years, and adoption of large-scale reindeer
herding in 16th, 17th centuries
Sami
People of Lapland and the role of reindeer, and more on the
Sami
with a map of Sameland in the northern reaches of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia
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