Hunter-Herder Continuum in Anabarski District, NW Sakha, Siberia, Russian Federation

• Main Author: Ventsel, Aimar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Indigenous Peoples; Local Communities; Anabar; Sakha; taiga; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/426/; http://library.arcticportal.org/426/1/Hunter-Herder_Continuum_in_Anabarski_District,_NW_Sakha,_Siberia,_Russian_Federation.pdf

Anabarski district in NW Sakha was traditionally a district with mixed hunting/reindeer herding economy. Unusual for tundra reindeer herding, domestic reindeer herding in the Anabar tundra contained many features typical of taiga reindeer herding (riding of mounted deer, milking). In the local econo...