Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North, Yakutsk
Western Siberia
Western Siberia comprises mainly the lowlands between the Ob and Yenisey rivers. The indigenous peoples of this area are the Khanty, Mansi and Selkups.
photo: S. Dudeck
Related Dossiers
Passing on indigenous knowledge among the Khanty
With the help of their own pedagogical concepts, Khanty try to hand down the traditional knowledge of their ancestors to younger generations.
Contact
Kulturstiftung Sibirien gGmbH
Geschäftsführer:
Dr. Erich Kasten
Uferweg 4
D-16798 Fürstenberg/Havel
Tel +49(0)33093-60671
Partners
Kamchatka Branch of the Pacific Institute of Geography (KF TIG FEB RAS), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski
Alfred-Wegener-Institute and Helmholtz Climate Initiative “Regional Climate Change and its Effects on People" (REKLIM)”, Bremerhaven / Potsdam
Funding
Sponsored by the Eastern Partnership and Russia Program of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.
