The National Press of the Indigenous Peoples of Siberia:

Abstract

For many decades the Siberian indigenous peoples' press functioned as a part of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's general press system. The structure and types of Native (indigenous minority groups) newspapers were determined by resolutions of the Communist Party, and only within autonomous republics, regions and districts of Siberia. At the beginning of perestroika, only the Siberian Native people who had received `autonomy', such as the Yakut people, had newspapers in their own language, although some groups (Nanais, Nivkhs, Evens) had a written language and even their own literature. At present, local newspapers in the Evenkjiski, Koryakski and Taimyrski autonomous districts are published only in Russian. Did the granting of real sovereignty to former autonomous states and the disintegration of traditional Native life in Russia begin the disintegration of the newspapers of Native Siberians in line with the new democratic changes? It is impossible to understand the current mass media processes without examining the history of this press.

A Critical Review of Existing Approaches to Siberia: Relevance to Siberian Economic Development

“…These were some of the questions debated (see Kotkin and Wolff 1995;Fondahl 1996). The role of indigenous people, their identity and rights regarding the environment and resources (Heintze 1993;Anderson 2002), and their formation in the new society (Yakimov and Morrison 1995) were discussed from anthropological and sociological points of view, but the political and economical topic of Siberian separatism was also touched upon (Chichlo 1994). Additionally, the role of minorities in Siberia resulting from the Stalin's policy overpopulation was addressed (see Kli.iter 1992).…”