Native People of
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Northeast & Eastern
Siberia
The Ainu: People
& Land & Culture: a guide from WorkingDogWeb
Ainu: native people
originally of Sakhalin Island, the Kurile Islands and Hokkaido, Japan's northern Island,
including the bear ceremonial, and more on Ainu Origins, and links
between ancient Jomon and the Ainu
Ainu People from
North Japan: photos and fishing techniques, and more on the Ainu of
Sakhalin Island and Ainu & Nivkh & Orok of Sakhalin Island, and Ainu: Spirit of a Northern
People exhibit online
Ainu
Culture: part of the
"Okhotsk culture" at southern end of the Sea of Okhotsk, with pictures of Ainu
robes and a traditional Ainu house, and a look at the Ainu and the
Okhotsk culture, the latter having "extensive trade routes
which crossed these frozen waters, linking the Okhotsk peoples both to the Chinese Empire
and to their far northern neighbours."
Chukchee People and
Culture: the maritime and reindeer peoples, and more on the life of the reindeer Chukchi, with many
pictures
Chukchi: from the Centre for Russian Studies, Norway, and more
about the peoples of Russia & Siberia
Chukchi & Neighbors:
people & environment, from WorkingDogWeb
Chukchi Origins: what
recent genetic research tells us, through mtDNA and Y chromosome research, from
WorkingDogWeb
Chukchi Origins in the
Paleolithic: origins of Native Siberians and Native Americans, seen in archaeology,
from WorkingDogWeb
Chukchi
Photographs: and 130 photographs
including sled dog teams, a pair of dogs
helping a hunter haul home a seal, hunters and sled dogs
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, Eskimo, Aleut, more
Ekven burial ground & settlement -
Uelen, Chukotka: this
500 BC to 1000 AD site gives a look at Early Whale Hunter cultures, includes walrus ivory
tools, human burial in a boat, dog burial. Ekven shamaness
burial.
Evenk or Evenki: a
people perhaps established through intermixing of Tungus and Yukagir people before the
Russians arrived
Even & Itelmen of
Western Kamchatka: a researcher studies their culture after the Soviet Union ended;
photos of Even reindeer people
Itelmen: native
people of Kamchatka, and more on the ancient Itelmen
Jesup
Expedition to Northeast Siberia: photographs of North Pacific peoples including the Ainu, Chukchi,
and Itelmen of Siberia
Koryaks:
history, language,
culture of Koryaks, Chukchi's neighbors to the south, with photos of Koryak sled dogs, and
a look at Kamchatka's Koryak and Itelmen and Evenk influence
on Koryak reindeer herders
Native Folks of Siberia: Chukchi of Northeast Siberia, and the Ainu,
Itelmen and Nivkh of Kamchatka and the Lower Amur River region, with photos of sled dogs
of the Itelmen
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
Peoples of the Russian North and Far East: resources about the North Pacific
peoples including the Chukchi, Koryak, Evenki and more
Rock
Art in Russian Far East & Siberia: a window on ancient cultures, and comparison
of Siberian native art from the Amur River, Chukotka areas
Yukagir: an ancient Siberian
people, western neighbors of the Chukchi, and a short history of
the Yukagir who once occupied a vast region
Western & Southern
Siberia & Nearby Areas
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Cave Art in Siberia: changes in
rock art in Southern Siberia over time reveals history, migrations
Indigenous People
of Western Siberia: Finno-Ugrian, Ob-Ugrian & Khanty
Krasnoyarsk Peoples: peoples from
the Siberian steppe north to the Taimyr Peninsula - Kets, Nagansans, Selkups, Samoyeds, more
Reindeer Herders of Siberia -
Nenets: people of northwest Siberia near the Yamal Peninula
Reindeer-herding
Forest Nenets and Khanty: among 15 reindeer herding peoples in the Russian Arctic, and
their spiritual lives
including the role of the bear in warding off evil, and a map of the Tundra
Nenets'
summer migrations
on the Yamal Peninsula
Reindeer People of the Mountain Taiga of
Central Asia: Tsaatan, Todji-Tuvin, Soyot, and Tofilar peoples, and the Evenki,
with maps
Reindeer & Caribou:
Rangifer tandarus, a vital source of transportation and food for native peoples of
Eurasia, and Reindeer Herding History
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
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
Peoples of Lake Baikal: Buryat, Evenk
and Russian settlers, and the region's archaeological
sites
Circumpolar People of Asia
& North America
Ancient Circumpolar World: seeking connections between the
ancient peoples of northern Asia and Native Americans
ArcticCircle: Links
to Northern Culture & Peoples: includes Peopling of Siberia, circumpolar history timetables, portraits
of Arctic peoples
Alaska's Native Peoples & Languages:
with a clickable map,
and more about Alaska's Native People
Alaska's Archaeology:
links to key archaeological sites, more
Eskimo Peoples of North America: including archaeology, history
Eskimos: Arctic peoples of Siberia, Alaska USA,
Canada and Greenland, known today as Yup'ik, Inuit and Inupiaq, with maps, history
First Societies of the
Circumpolar North: resources
including:
· Aboriginal
People of the Russian North
· Aboriginal
People of the North American North
Koniag Peoples of Kodiak Island: by
7,000+ years ago, maritime hunters were living on Kodiak Island and nearby Alaska
Peninsula, and more on the peoples and cultural
traditions of Kodiak Island and
Alaska's gulf coast, and another look at native history in this region
Inuit of Canada: and their ancestors, the Dorset and Thule people, and more on Inuit art
Mammoth Trumpet Archives: news of early Americans, connections with Asia and Siberia, from the
Center for the Study of the First Americans
Native Peoples of
Canada: including ancient links to Beringia, Asia
· Paleoarctic or Beringian
Tradition: a culture linking Siberia, Alaska
and the Yukon as early as 13,000-10,000 BP
· Early
Paleo-Eskimo Cultures: culture dated to 2,500 BC in Canada,
with origins rooted in cultures of Neolithic northeastern Siberia
· Middle Paleo-Eskimo or Dorset
Culture: 1,000 B.C. to 500 A.D., an
era of reduced caribou hunting, increased marine mammal hunting
· Thule Culture:
classic Eskimo culture, 1000 A.D. - 1600 A.D.
Paleo-Eskimo & Dorset
& Thule & Dene: native peoples - northern Canada
Russian Encounters with Native Americans
of Northwest: including Aleut, Inupiat, Yupik Eskimo, Tlingit, Haida and more
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