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Dec 14, 1994 · As with other indigenous communities in the Russian Federation which depend on reindeer herding for their cultures and livelihoods, a further key threat to the Nenets’ future is climate change. Warmer summers bring higher and denser shrub growth across the tundra, making it more difficult to gather and move reindeer herds.
The nomadic reindeer herders reside in the taiga forests of the Russian tundra and northern Mongolia. Their herds are small, no more than a few hundred or even smaller. The Mongolian reindeer herders, known as the Tsaatan, feed on game meat and wild berries, so they barely butcher reindeer. However, the Nenets, living in tundra, herders have no ...
Jun 29, 2011 · The Nenets have been introduced to asphalt highways, rusty metal, wire and drilling towers. Russia’s wealth appears to be cut out of the tundra they once called their own. “The fish tastes ...
Nenets can recognize an individual reindeer in a herd of thousands. For most people, all reindeer look practically the same, but the Nenets can recognize individual animals among dozens of different types and within herds of thousands. In the Nenet language there is a different word to identify each and every one of those thousands of reindeer.
Traditional knowledge about snow and ice conditions on and in the ground is essential in the life of the Yamal Nenets. This holistic knowledge helps the Nenets to travel in the tundra, find good pastures for their domesticated reindeer herds, select proper places for making their camps, find firewood, and locate clean snow or ice for drinking water. It is particularly important for reindeer ...
Dec 14, 2018 · Each year, the Nenets people move gigantic herds of reindeer from summer to winter pastures across Siberia’s Arctic tundra. As they age, women in particular become isolated from their community and social purpose. 14 December 2018. The Nenets are an indigenous nomadic community of reindeer herders native to Siberia.
Nov 22, 1994 · The Nenets, who wander across the northernmost reaches of the Siberian Arctic, eat raw fish, drink reindeer blood and live year-round in reindeer-skin tepees called chums.
