Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East
The Indigenous small numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East (Russian: коренные малочисленные народы Севера, Сибири и Дальнего Востока) are indigenous peoples of Russia. Each group has fewer than 50,000 members, and they live in the Russian Far North and officially equivalent territories located in the European North of Russia, Siberia.[1] They are frequently referred as indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North or indigenous peoples of the North.
Definition
Today, 40 indigenous peoples are officially recognised by Russia as indigenous small-numbered peoples and are listed in the unified register of indigenous small-numbered peoples (единый перечень коренных, малочисленных народов Российкой Федерации). This register includes 46 indigenous peoples. Six of these peoples do not live in either the Extreme North or territories equated to it, so that the total number of recognised indigenous peoples of the North is 40.[2] The Komi-Izhemtsy or Izvatas, a subgroup of the Komi peoples, are seeking recognition from the Russian government as a distinct indigenous people of the North.
The Far North is the part of Russia which lies mainly beyond the Arctic Circle. However, this is the smaller part of the total territories inhabited by indigenous peoples. These territories extend southward as far as to Vladivostok.
List of indigenous peoples of the North
The Unified register lists the following peoples:
- Aleuts (алеуты): Kamchatka Krai - 700
- Alyutors (алюторцы): Kamchatka Krai
- Chelkans (челканцы)
- Chukchis (чукчи): Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast, Kamchatka Krai - 15,767
- Chulyms (чулымцы), Tomsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai - 656
- Chuvans (чуванцы): Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast
- Dolgans (долганы): Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha Republic
- Enets (*) (энцы) (Yenets, Russian plural: Entsy, obsolete: Yenisei Samoyeds, Yenisei Ostyak, Kets): Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Eskimo (Siberian Yupik, Inuit) (эскимосы): Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Evenks (эвенки)
- Evens (эвены)
- Itelmens (ительмены): Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast
- Kamchadals (камчадалы, a general term for mixed population of Kamchatka Peninsula): Kamchatka Krai
- Kereks (кереки): Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Kets (кеты)
- Khanty (ханты): (Old Russian Term: Ostyaks), Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,
- Koryaks (коряки): Kamchatka Krai, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast
- Kumandins (кумандинцы)
- Mansi (манси), (Old Russian term: Voguls), Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug,
- Nanai (нанайцы)
- Negidals (негидальцы)
- Nenets (*) (Russian plural: Nentsy, old Russian name Samoyeds) (ненцы):Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Komi Republic
- Nganasans (Tavgi) (нганасаны): Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Nivkhs (нивхи)
- Oroks (ороки)
- Orochs (орочи)
- Sami (old Russian name Lopar, i.e., Lapp) (саамы, саами): Murmansk Oblast - 1,991
- Selkups (селькупы)
- Shors (шорцы)
- Soyots (сойоты)
- Taz (тазы)
- Telengits (теленгиты)
- Teleuts (телеуты)
- Tofalars or Tofa (тофалары или тофы)
- Tubalars (тубалары)
- Tozhu (тувинцы-тоджинцы), a subgroup of the Tuvans: Tyva republic
- Udege (удэгейцы)
- Ulchs (ульчи)
- Veps (*) (вепсы): Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast
- Yukaghirs (юкагиры): Sakha Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast
See also
- Demographics of Siberia
- Indigenous peoples of Siberia
- List of minor indigenous peoples of Russia
- Environmental racism in Europe
References
- ↑ (in Russian)
- ↑ Official is attached to: Decree of the Russian Government Nr 255 "On the Unified Register of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the Russian Federation", 24 March 2000 (Постановление Правительства РФ от 24 марта 2000 г. N 255 "О Едином перечне коренных малочисленных народов Российской Федерации (in Russian)) http://base.garant.ru/181870.htm