Why are Lorino and Sireniki so different? Exploring communities through festivals, language use, and subsistence practices in contemporary Chukotka

• Main Authors: Yashchenko, Oxana, Ященко, Оксана
• Other Authors: Schweitzer, Peter, Plattet, Patrick, Yasmin-Pasternak, Sveta
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Chukchi; Russia (Federation); Lorino; Social life and customs; Sireniki; Languages; Yuit Eskimos; Yuit language; Chukchi language; Arctic; Chaplino; Fairbanks; Nadezhda; Chukchi Peninsula; Chukotka; eskimo*; Sirenik*; Yupik; Alaska; Beringia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8302

Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013 Based on research in Chukotka, Russian Far East, this thesis focuses on the contemporary predicaments of native sports, public festivals, language practices, and marine mammal subsistence in the communities of Sireniki and Lorino. Through a social-h...