Hide tanning and its use in taiga: the case of the Orochen-Evenki reindeer herders and hunters of Zabaikalye (East Siberia)

• Main Author: Brandišauskas, Donatas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Orochen-Evenki; Reindeer herders and hunters; Hide tanning; Post-Soviet adaptations; Evenki; taiga; Siberia
• Online Access: http://vu.lvb.lt/VU:ELABAPDB4418760&prefLang=en_US

This article documents the way in which the Orochen-Evenki hunters and herders in northern part of Zabaikalye tan hides and produce gear in the post-Soviet era. Here, I wish to present the argument that it is difficult to understand the reviving of hide tanning in remote villages and the taiga witho...