Towards a new millenium : ten years of the indigenous movement in Russia / Thomas Køhler and Kathrin Wessendorf, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Köhler, Thomas, 1949-

Wessendorf, Kathrin.

Series:

IWGIA document ; no. 107.

IWGIA document ; no. 107

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Legal status, law, etc.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Economic conditions--Congresses.

Indigenous peoples--Russia (Federation).

Indigenous peoples--Economic conditions.

Congresses and conventions.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Towards a new millennium : ten years of the indigenous movement in Russia.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen : IWGIA, 2002.

Summary:

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, indigenous peoples in Russia started to get organised and a movement emerged that has achieved many developments in the past more than 10 years. The indigenous umbrella organisation in Russia, the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON), celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2000, an occasion for looking back at its work during its 10-year history and at the same time looking forward to the new millennium. Many leaders of indigenous peoples of the North gathered in Moscow for the anniversary celebration and met with people from all over the world, who were invited to join this special event. For this occasion, RAIPON produced a book with articles by indigenous leaders and politicians from all parts of Russia, who outlined the history, events and conditions of the recent decade. This book is the translation of the original Russian version and an attempt to strengthen the awareness outside the country of the struggle of indigenous peoples in Russia.

Contents:

Part I Reflections at the Millennium - Past, Present and Future

Raipon Today / Nikita Kaplin 30

"Our Life and Future are in Our Hands" / Speech by Sergey Haruchi at the Fourth Congress of the Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation 34

Ten Years On / Pavel Sulyandziga 49

At the Turn of a Century / Yeremey Aipin 60

Indigenous Peoples - Partnership in Operation / Mikhail Todyshev 62

"Whom am I in This Land? What People am I a Part of?" / Sergey Haruchi 72

The Indigenous Youth Movement / Vladislav Peskov 78

Part II A Glimpse into the Regions

The Indigenous Intelligentsia / Galina Haruchi 86

"I've got my people behind me" / Interview with Anatoly Prokopevich Kaurtaev Yeremey Aipin 94

The Tkhsanom Council for the Revival of Itelmen / Oleg Zaporotsky 102

The Socio-Economic Situation of the Numerically Small Peoples of the Northern Even District of the Magadan Region / Lilia Vukvukhai 110

The Ritual Culture and Traditional Plasticity of the Evenk / Nikita Kaplin 115

Press Coverage of the Problems of Russia's Arctic Numerically Small Peoples / Oleg Sugney 130

The Socio-Economic and Legal Situation of the Saami in the Murmanskaya Oblast - An Appeal to Take Urgent Measures / Nina Afanasjeva 138

Part III Socio-Economic Situations

The Preservation of the Indigenous Culture of Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Their Territories of Traditional Nature Use / Antonina Sjazi 146

Problems of Employment: The Ethnic Aspect / Yevgeny Agitaev 150

Health and Employment in the Arctic. The Indigenous Peoples of Russia's North and their Access to Health Care / Larissa Abrutina 164

The Third Arctic Leaders' Summit / Vladimir Kislitsin, Valentina Taleyeva 180

Part IV Environmental Problems

Is the Future One of Oil Development or Reindeer Breeding / Valentina Taleyeva 184

From the Choom in the Central Square to the Court / Natalia Novikova 186

The Sea of Okhotsk: People and Oil - Different Points of View / Pavel Sulyandziga, Olga Murashko 196

Part V Legal Rights

Issues in the Relationship between State and Society / Sergey Kirillin 212

Lessons from the Cooperation between RAIPON and the Russian State Duma in Defence of Indigenous Peoples' Rights / Pavel Sulyandziga 218

How the Constitutional Right to Protect the Traditional Environment of Inhabitancy and a Traditional Way of Life Can Be Implemented / Olga Murashko, Oleg Zaporotsky 224

A Discussion on the Federal Earmarked Programme "Economic and Social Development for Indigenous Peoples of the North until 2010" / Feodosi Donskoi, Larissa Abrutina 246

There are no Bad Laws / Alexander Zhilin 264

Annex 1 "On the guarantees of the rights of indigenous numerically small peoples in the Russian Federation" 268

Annex 2 "On traditional nature management territories of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation" 281.

ISBN:

8790730526

OCLC:

50088535