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The Nenets people speak either the Tundra or Forest Nenets languages. In the Russian Federation they have a status of Indigenous small-numbered peoples . [3] Today, the Nenets people face numerous challenges from the state and oil and gas companies that threaten the environment and their way of life.
The Nenets people of the Siberian arctic are the guardians of a style of reindeer herding that is the last of its kind. Through a yearly migration of over a thousand kilometres, these people...
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Descended from people formerly inhabiting southwest Siberia, the Nenets are reindeer pastoralists, fishermen, and hunters (especially of wild reindeer) of the tundra, but they also include small groups of forest dwellers. Ethnographers generally refer to them as the Forest Nenets and the Tundra Nenets.
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The Nenets people ( ненец ‘nenets’, ненцы ‘nentsy’ (pl.) in Russian) have inhabited the northwestern Russian tundra for approximately 2,000 years. Their traditional nomadic lifestyle is based on reindeer herding, and their shamanistic beliefs emphasize respect for the land and natural resources.
The Nenets people refer to themselves using the endonyms nenets', hasava (tundra dialect), and neshchang (forest dialect), all signifying 'person' or 'man'. UNESCO recognizes Nenets as endangered languages. The primary source of sustenance for the Nenets is derived from hunting and reindeer herding. The use of reindeer as draft animals ...
The Nenets-language ABC from 1895 is one of the first books in a Samoyed language. Nenets had their own Latin alphabet which was changed to Cyrillic in 1938. The Forest Nenets written language was developed only in the 1990s. Livelihoods . The main livelihoods of Nenets people have been fishing, hunting, reindeer herding and fur farming. Oil ...
