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2021-05-28Alaska face mask sign in rural arctic camp
Cute face mask sign on front of arctic store on the Yukon river in Alaska. -
2021-05-28Yukon Social distancing graphic
Found in entrance of remote camp on the Yukon river in Alaska. -
2020-04-23Arctic isolation: how the people of the North live during a pandemic (Арктическая изоляция: как живут люди Севера во время пандемии)
"The restrictions associated with the spread of coronavirus have little effect on the life of remote Arctic settlements in Russian regions. So, despite the fact that hunting and fishing are prohibited in most regions, the northerners continue to do this, because their survival depends on the prey." #IndigenousStories -
2020-05-04PORA experts suggest training indigenous peoples of the North in entrepreneurship
“Representatives of the indigenous peoples of the North who are engaged in traditional types of economic activity need educational programs in the field of entrepreneurship…It was held in an online format and was devoted to the problems of the economic activities of the indigenous peoples of the North in their territories of residence and traditional nature management. It is necessary to move away from understanding traditional forms of economic activity as archaic…It is important to understand that areas such as reindeer herding use both modern technology and the export of goods, the expert said. At the meeting, representatives of the Arctic and subarctic regions identified problems and contradictions in the legislation that regulates traditional nature management…People who traditionally live in these territories most often do not have the means to compete with investors from other regions of Russia, who can also participate in the auction. It would be more appropriate to provide land on a competitive basis, supported by Zhanna Holm, deputy head of the Agency for the Development of the Northern Territories and Support of Indigenous Minorities of the Krasnoyarsk Territory…” #IndigenousStories