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Evens
Evens
Location: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Kobyaisky district, Sebyan-Kyuyol
The Evens Indigenous People
The Evens Indigenous People
The Evens, also called Lamut, are an Indigenous People in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatsky Krai and northern parts of Sakha Republic (Yakutia) east of the Lena River. According to the 2002 census, there were 19 071 Evens in Russia. According to the 2010 census, there were 22 383 Evens in Russia. They speak their own language called Even language, one of the Tungus languages. Traditional Even life is centred upon nomadic pastoralism of domesticated reindeer, supplemented with hunting, fishing, and animal-trapping.
Team Members
Team Members
MEMBER
BIO
Maria Osipova is a Sakha researcher who is currently finishing her PhD in Social Sciences at the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia. She is interested in Arctic matters and willing to acquire knowledge of the Arctic regions, it’s environment, people, and culture.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous Peoples rights
Social Processes in the Arctic
Russian Arctic
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