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Article: Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia.(Book Review)
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- May 1, 2005
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Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia by Piers Vitebsky Harper Collins, hb, pp320, 18.99 [pounds sterling]
Long before the existence of the Russian Empire, the Eveny people and their closely related, more numerous Evenk cousins travelled from the northeastern edges of China for thousands of kilometres towards the Arctic Ocean and almost to the Urals, becoming "the most widely spread indigenous people on any landmass". Indeed, once the Eveny and the Evenk had mastered the skills of riding and packing their deer, a very large portion of the Earth's surface was open to them. Today, these peoples number fewer than 50,000, but they and their herds ...