Reindeer Blog

By HENRY SANDERSON (AP) – 2 days ago GENHE CITY, China — Herding reindeer and hunting bears and boars in the forests on Siberia’s fringe was Gu Gejun’s life. Now his rifle has been confiscated, and the only reindeer he herds are in an urban tourist park. China has moved most of the small Ewenki [...]

Внеочередная сессия депутатов Нерюнгринского районного Совета, состоявшаяся 10 марта 2009 года, была специально созвана для решения лишь одного вопроса. Депутаты единогласно согласились с предложением жителей села Иенгра о создании на его территории Иенгринского эвенкийского национального наслега.

  Reindeer numbers in the Komi Republic (primarily Vorkuta, Inta and Usinskhave) stabilised, according the regions  Ministry of Agriculture and Food. According to the agency, on 1 January 2009 there were 64,825 deer, which is  4326 head more than a year ago.  Production of meat in live weight has also increased. Slaughter numbers would have been [...]

(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 [...]