Narratives of Indigenous Resistance in North-Western Siberia in the 1930s
The paper discusses official and Indigenous views of the Khanty and Forest Nenets uprising against the Soviets, known as the Kazym War (1931ā1934). The rebellion is well documented in archival sources and covered by scholarly research, popular essays, and novels. Almost a century after the uprising,...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/115574 2023-11-05T03:43:11+01:00 Narratives of Indigenous Resistance in North-Western Siberia in the 1930s Leete, Art 2023-10-08 application/pdf https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/115574 https://doi.org/10.30676/jfas.115574 eng eng The Finnish Anthropological Society https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/115574/85834 https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/115574 doi:10.30676/jfas.115574 Copyright (c) 2023 Art Leete http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 Suomen Antropologi; Vol 47 Nro 3 (2023): Entangled historicities in the Eurasian North; 53-73 Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society; Vol. 47 No. 3 (2023): Entangled historicities in the Eurasian North; 53-73 1799-8972 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2023 fttsvojs https://doi.org/10.30676/jfas.115574 2023-10-11T23:02:04Z The paper discusses official and Indigenous views of the Khanty and Forest Nenets uprising against the Soviets, known as the Kazym War (1931ā1934). The rebellion is well documented in archival sources and covered by scholarly research, popular essays, and novels. Almost a century after the uprising, Indigenous narratives about the uprising are still circulating in local communities. Specifically, this paper addresses selected episodes of the Kazym War reflected both in official and Indigenous narratives. I focus on the analysis of diverse modes of narrating hybrid knowledge produced in a contact zone, and the mythic imagination of shamans shaping narratives about the uprising. Here, I argue that perceptions of Indigenous history sometimes adopt and reproduce the dominant discourse about the uprising, but link to the official story predominantly by rejecting it and establishing autonomous discussions. Keywords: Khanty, Forest Nenets, Indigenous, uprising, narratives, shaman Article in Journal/Newspaper khanty nenets Siberia Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society 47 3 53 73 |
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The paper discusses official and Indigenous views of the Khanty and Forest Nenets uprising against the Soviets, known as the Kazym War (1931ā1934). The rebellion is well documented in archival sources and covered by scholarly research, popular essays, and novels. Almost a century after the uprising, Indigenous narratives about the uprising are still circulating in local communities. Specifically, this paper addresses selected episodes of the Kazym War reflected both in official and Indigenous narratives. I focus on the analysis of diverse modes of narrating hybrid knowledge produced in a contact zone, and the mythic imagination of shamans shaping narratives about the uprising. Here, I argue that perceptions of Indigenous history sometimes adopt and reproduce the dominant discourse about the uprising, but link to the official story predominantly by rejecting it and establishing autonomous discussions. Keywords: Khanty, Forest Nenets, Indigenous, uprising, narratives, shaman |
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Narratives of Indigenous Resistance in North-Western Siberia in the 1930s |
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Narratives of Indigenous Resistance in North-Western Siberia in the 1930s |
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Narratives of Indigenous Resistance in North-Western Siberia in the 1930s |
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Narratives of Indigenous Resistance in North-Western Siberia in the 1930s |
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Narratives of Indigenous Resistance in North-Western Siberia in the 1930s |
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narratives of indigenous resistance in north-western siberia in the 1930s |
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The Finnish Anthropological Society |
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khanty nenets Siberia |
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Suomen Antropologi; Vol 47 Nro 3 (2023): Entangled historicities in the Eurasian North; 53-73 Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society; Vol. 47 No. 3 (2023): Entangled historicities in the Eurasian North; 53-73 1799-8972 |
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Copyright (c) 2023 Art Leete http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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