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The Nenets ( Nenets: ненэй ненэче, romanized: nenəj nenəče; Russian: ненцы, romanized : nentsy ), also known as Samoyeds (deprecated term), are a Samoyedic ethnic group native to Arctic Russia, Russian Far North.
Aug 9, 2022 · Nenets Family. A story in the October 2017 issue documented life of the Nenets people, indigenous reindeer herders in the Russian Arctic. Here, a family plays together at a camp on the...
Aug 3, 2018 · The Nenets can trace their heritage back about a thousand years on the peninsula. Throughout this time, they have practiced their traditional methods of reindeer herding. In 1961, the Soviet Union collectivised the practice and established a handful of state-run farms. Herders were under fixed contracts and worked for a salary.
The Nenets of Siberia. In north west Siberia, the permanently frozen ground recently yielded a baby mammoth. But now the Arctic’s permafrost is melting, and the country’s Indigenous reindeer-herding Nenets are facing a double threat to their migratory ways of life – from climate change and resource extraction.
