I encountered the following query on another listserv and knowing that there
are some people on xmca who are knowledgeable about russian affairs/history
etc., I'm reposting it here. It's a question I'm also interested in since I
do know that in the early years of the revolution, quite a bit of
ethnography was done among the Siberian hunter/gatherer groups.
"Shortly after 1917, the Yupik and Chukchi peoples, who live in the Chukotka
region, were given equal rights and allowed to maintain their language,
culture, and lifestyle under the new Soviet Union -- however, this was
short-lived and around 20-30 years later the Soviet's started to "force" the
indigenous people to make the transition from so-labeled primitive society
to a socialist one -- live in houses, learn Russian, socialism, work in/on
collective farms, etc. I think the Soviet policy was called "red tents."
Details on these policies are limited -- so, if any one knows of works
examining the Soviet's policies directed at the Yupik and Chukchi during
this time -- They would be greatly appreciated."
Paul H. Dillon
Director of Intersegmental Research
IPASS/LACCD
"It seems ridiculous to me to attempt to study society as a mere observer.
He who wishes only to observe will observe nothing, for as he is useless in
actual work and a nuisance in recreations, he is admitted to neither. We
observe the actions of others only to the extent to which we ourselves
act." - Jean Jacque Rousseau
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