The role of the new Evenkiness in the Evenki language revitalization: the case of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

• Main Author: Sivtseva, Mira
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2015
• Subjects: ethnic identity; ethnicity; language revitalization; ethnic revitalization; Evenkiness; Evenki; mother tongue; indigenous ethnic identity; new Evenkiness; VDP::Social science: 200::Social anthropology: 250; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosialantropologi: 250; SVF-3904; Sakha; Sakha Republic; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/7776

This thesis is devoted to the awakened indigenous identity of the Evenki people and its role in the Evenki language revitalization in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. My personal experience of being an indigenous person in a multiethnic and multilingual society has become the main driving force...