Arctic Peoples

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Arctic Peoples

conventional name for the indigenous population in the circumpolar region of the northern hemisphere. Usually refers to the peoples of northern Asia and North America, primarily those who inhabit the tundra (Chukchi, Koriak, Iukagir, Itel’men-Kamchadal, Aleut, and Eskimo); also sometimes the population of the western tundra and taiga regions (Saami [Lapp], Nenets, Enets, Nganasan, northern Yakut, Evenki, and Even). The term “arctic peoples” (and also the more outdated “Hyperboreans”) is a geographical designation embracing tribes that are completely different in culture and origin. The expressions “northern minorities” or “peoples of the north” in Soviet scientific literature do not correspond to the term “arctic peoples,” since they also include the people of the Amur River region and Sakhalin (Nivkh, Nanai, Ul’chi, Orok, and Udegei), the middle Enisei and Ob’ (Ket, Sel’kup, Khanty), and others.

I. S. GURVICH

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No references found			Organized geographically with chapters devoted to Alaska's Bering Strait, Northwestern Russia, Canada's arctic Nanavut region, and Greenland, the work records oral histories of indigenous arctic peoples and documents their struggles to adapt to a changing ecosystem. In the empire of ice; encounters in a changing landscape by Reference & Research Book News This culminated in a visit to Iqaluit where South Pacific Islanders were exposed to the unique challenges faced by Arctic peoples in the face of rapid and unprecedented environmental changes. Indigenous links across the Pacific by Raynor, Glenn / Tok Blong Pasifik The exposure of Arctic Ocean water to sun-light is a threat to the livelihoods of Arctic peoples and creatures such as polar bears. Russia - Insurance & Commodity Costs by APS Review Oil Market Trends			arctic air Arctic Air Masses Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Institute arctic anticyclone Arctic Archipelago Arctic Basin Arctic Bramble Arctic Circle Arctic Circle Race Arctic Cisco arctic climate Arctic Cod arctic desert Arctic Fox arctic front arctic hare arctic haze arctic high Arctic Lemming arctic mist Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Arctic North Slope Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean Flotilla Arctic Oscillation Arctic Peoples Arctic Red River Arctic Region arctic sea smoke Arctic Subregion Arctic suite Arctic tern arctic tree line arctic willow Arctic Zone Arctic, the arctic-alpine arcticization Arctiidae Arctium Arctocyonidae Arctolepiformes Arctostaphylos Arcturidae Arcturus arcuale arcuate arcuate delta arcuated arcuated lintel arcuatio			Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation arctic mist Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme Arctic Monkeys arctic moss Arctic mouse-ear Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in the Development Area Program Arctic North Slope Arctic Norway Arctic Norway Arctic Nuclear Waste Assessment Program Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean Flotilla Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Arctic Ocean Radiative Fluxes Arctic Ocean Sciences Board Arctic Oil And Gas Corporation Arctic Operations Arctic oscillation Arctic oscillation Arctic Owl Arctic Owl Arctic Paleo-River Discharge Arctic penguin Arctic Peoples Arctic pole Arctic Polynya Experiment arctic poppy Arctic Precipitation Data Archive Arctic Pulse Experimental Arctic Radiation and Turbulence Interaction Study Arctic raspberry Arctic Red River Arctic Red River Arctic Redpoll Arctic region Arctic region Arctic Region Supercomputing Center Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project Arctic Regional Ice Forecasting System Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 Arctic Research Commission Arctic Research Consortium of the United States Arctic Research Laboratory Arctic Research Laboratory Ice Station Arctic Research Support and Logistics Working Group Arctic Ringed Seal Arctic Ringed Seal Arctic Science and Technology Information System Arctic Science Summit Week Arctic Sea Arctic Sea Arctic Sea Ice Oscillation

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