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Reindeer herding is conducted by individuals within some kind of cooperation, in forms such as families, districts, Sámi and Yakut villages and sovkhozy (collective farms). A person who conducts reindeer herding is called a reindeer herder and approximately 100,000 people [2] are engaged in reindeer herding today around the circumpolar North.
Reindeer herding is of central importance for the local economies of small communities in sparsely populated rural Sápmi. [239] Currently, many reindeer herders are heavily dependent on diesel fuel to provide for electric generators and snowmobile transportation, although solar photovoltaic systems can be used to reduce diesel dependency. [240]
And in Europe, reindeer herding existed up to 3,000 years ago, or more. People have long used reindeer and caribou for meat, as well as clothing, blankets, and tents.
The Dukha, Dukhans or Duhalar (Mongolian: Цаатан, Tsaatan, духа́, Dukha) are a small Turkic community of semi-nomadic reindeer herders living in a sum of Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia called Tsagaannuur. The Dukha are divided into two groups: those from northeast Tuva and those from southeast Tuva. [2]
Reindeer are group animals who usually stay close to their family during winter. When it is time to migrate, these groups come together to travel, forming herds of thousands as they search for ...
Previously nomadic Sámi living as reindeer herders. Now most have a permanent residence in the Sámi core areas. Some 10% of Sámi practice reindeer herding, which is seen as a fundamental part of a Sámi culture and, in some parts of the Nordic countries, can be practiced by Sámis only. Sea Sámi (in Northern Sámi mearasapmelash). These ...
And, in the Swedish Lapland highlands by the Torne, a Sami couple has been taming and herding reindeer for 30 years. Reindeer frequently roam the grounds. Examples like these are plentiful. Over 2 ...
A siida is an organisation of humans traditionally present in Sámi societies consisting of several families of reindeer herders whose reindeer graze together. [ 1 ] : 107–109 [ 2 ] Siida s traditionally encompassed more resources than reindeer, [ 1 ] : 108 but after changes in Sámi societies over the course of the 1600s, only reindeer ...