IV World Reindeer Herders' CongressReindeer herders from Russia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Scotland and China were gathered in Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino for the congress March 30-April 4 2009. |
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Anders Oskal is the director of the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry in Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino.
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Andrey Ageev is the former director of Murmansk Regional Centre of Indigenous Peoples of the North
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The V World Reindeer Herders' Congress will be held in Inner Mongolia, China
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Dmitry Khorolya - the previous President of the Association of World Reindeer Herders
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Dr. Carsten Smith addressing the congress
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Ellinor Guttorm Utsi from Hillagurra (Norway) and Aleksandra Arteiva from Krasnoschelie (Russian Federation)
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Klemet Erland Hætta, Mayor of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino, and Leonid Khudi from Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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Lars Miguel Utsi and Helena Omma - delegates from the Swedish side of Sápmi
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Leading the meeting
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Maksim Vasiliev, Ivan Ledkov and Andrey Dobovcev
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Saami reindeer herders from the Eastern part of Finnmark; Mariann Wollmann Magga and Ellinor Guttorm Utsi
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School children from Murmansk and a lady feeding the reindeer with hay
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Nenets representatives
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Nenets representatives by the herd in Láhpoluoppal
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Nils Henrik Sara, Head of the Association of Norwegian Reindeer Herders
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Odd Erling Smuk was elected President of the Association of World Reindeer Herders
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Herders from the Russian Federation watching the herd outside Láhpoluoppal
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Junior reindeer race at Bulet Eco Siida
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The Saami delegation at the congress
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Throwing the lasso - competition at Bulet Eco Siida
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Vladimir Galkin and Valentina Sovkina were delegates at the congress
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President of Yasavey, Vladislav Peskov, presented their project cooperation with the Polar Institute in Tromsø
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