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Author Wiget, Andrew.

Title Khanty, people of the taiga : surviving the twentieth century / Andrew Wiget and Olga Balalaeva
Published Fairbanks, Alaska : University of Alaska Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 398 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents List of Figures; Note on Spelling, Pronunciation, and Usage; Preface; 1. Iugra; 2. Iakh and Sir; 3. Traditions; 4. Transformations; 5. Kurlomkin: Taiga Hunter; 6. Kanterov: Muskeg Reindeer Herder; 7. Black Snow; 8. Land, Leadership, and Community; 9. Accommodation, Resistance, and Resilience; Bibliography; Index
Summary "Drawing on nearly twenty years of fieldwork, as well as ethnohistory, politics, and economics, this volume takes a close look at changes in the lives of the Indigenous Siberian Khanty people and draws crucial connections between those changes and the social, cultural, and political transformation that swept Russia during the transition to democracy. Delving deeply into the history of the Khanty--who were almost completely isolated prior to the Russian revolution--the authors show how the customs, traditions, and knowledge of Indigenous people interact with and are threatened by events in the larger world." -- Publisher's Description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-378) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Khanty -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- Ethnic identity
Khanty -- Cultural assimilation -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Khanty -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- Social conditions
Taigas -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Reindeer herders -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Ethnic relations
Reindeer herders
Social conditions
Taigas
SUBJECT Siberia (Russia) -- Ethnic relations
Siberia (Russia) -- Social conditions
Subject Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Form Electronic book
Author Balalaeva, Olʹga
LC no. 2010033144
ISBN 9781602231252
1602231257
9781602231207
1602231206