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