“When Willow Roots Start to Thaw, People Come Back to Life…”: Relations of Chukchi Reindeer Herders to Plants

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Vaté, Virginie
• Other Authors: Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités (GSRL), École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Chukchi; plants; rituals; ethnobotany; reindeer herders; women; Tchouktches; plantes; rituels; ethnobotanique; éleveurs de rennes; femmes; [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology; [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society; Amguema; Tchouktche*; Siberia
• Online Access: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03922992; https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03922992/document; https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03922992/file/Pour%20HAL%20-%20Article-Quand%20les%20racines%20de%20saule-12.2022.pdf; https://doi.org/10.7202/1090325ar

International audience Known traditionally as sea-mammal hunters and reindeer herders, Chukchi are usually described in terms of their relations to the world of animals, rather than plants. However, plants also play an important role in the life of this people of northeastern Siberia. This close rel...