EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN TRENDS OF NORTHERN SIBERIA’S INDIGENOUS SMALL-NUMBERED PEOPLES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN TRENDS OF NORTHERN SIBERIA’S INDIGENOUS SMALL-NUMBERED PEOPLES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Summary/Abstract: Economic development of indigenous small-numbered peoples (ISNP) of Northern Siberia is currently undergoing global transformations, the specifics of which are determined by the general problems of modernization of the post-Soviet territory. The research objective was to give a long-term forecast of traditional economic activities, typical for indigenous small- numbered peoples of Northern Siberia. The study involved the methods of field research, Delphy-inquiry of the experts, analysis of statistic data on the economic development of Krasnoyarsk Krai and regions of compact settlement of indigenous small-numbered peoples of Northern Siberia, including Evenks, Dolgans, Nenets, Selkups. Primary and mineral resources are being increasingly extracted by financial-industrial groups on the historic territories of settlement of indigenous peoples. The overwhelming majority of experts forecast extremely negative trends of traditional economic activities of indigenous peoples of Northern Siberia development, which have their special (unique) ecological ethics. The policy of administration of the territories of traditional settlement of indigenous peoples of Northern Siberia ought to be radically modernized. Equitable dialogue between indigenous peoples of Northern Siberia and resource and mineral extracting companies from financial-industrial groups will be successful if conducted on the basis of partnership, in which modern practices of decolonization of northern indigenous peoples will be realized to a greater or lesser extent.

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