Archive for 'Alaska'
Sarah Palin & Vladimir Etylin - The Chukotka Connection
While much has been made of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s lack of international experience (especially after a poor performance in an interview with CBS’s Katie Couric), it should be noted that what experience she does have, has a reindeer herding connection…
One of the few politicians she actually has met from Russia (Putin’s rearing [...]
Posted: October 4th, 2008 under Alaska, Caribou, Chukotka, ICR, Reindeer, Reindeer Herders.
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Evenki, Reindeer and the East Siberian Pacific Pipeline
(From Arctic Sounder, by TAMAR BEN-YOSEF, April 11, 2008 at 11:19AM AKST The struggle by Alaska’s Inupiat to protect their culture in face of resource development has drawn the attention of indigenous leaders in Russia facing near-identical challenges.
A delegation of four Russian indigenous leaders from the Sakha Republic showed up in Barrow and Nuiqsut last [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2008 under Alaska, Evenki, Reindeer Herders, Russia, Sakha.
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Running the Reindeer?
In Anchorage, Alaska, an unusual event, styled on Pamplona’s running of the bulls, will take place in late February. For $20, particpants will get the chance to run against a dozen reindeer down 4th Avenue, with approximately 2000 people expected to take part. The reindeer’s owner, is more worried about his reindeer that the people
“I’m afraid [...]
Posted: January 8th, 2008 under Alaska, Reindeer.
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Rudolf the Reindeer was…Sami
(Pic: Nrk) It is at Christmas time that global interest in reindeer is heightened, as reindeer have long been associated with Santa Claus’ preferred method of transportation. In fact a quick look at Google analytics shows that it is only at christmas time that large numbers of people type ‘reindeer’ into their google search window. [...]
Posted: November 28th, 2007 under Alaska, Norway, Reindeer, Sapmi.
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Program to increase Vet technicians in Alaska will focus on Reindeer
Two new certificates approved by the University of Alaska Board of Regents last week are aimed at increasing the number of veterinary technicians and resource managers in rural Alaska. - a key area of focus will be reindeer husbandry, as knowledge of this field was seen as a key marker of sustainable resource use, according [...]
Posted: September 28th, 2007 under Alaska, Reindeer.
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