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Native ‘land claims’, Russian style
Author(s) -
FONDAHL GAIL,
LAZEBNIK OLGA,
POELZER GREG,
ROBBEK VASILY
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2001.tb01501.x
Subject(s) - possession (linguistics) , legislation , legislature , political science , style (visual arts) , ethnology , native american , land tenure , geography , economy , public administration , law , archaeology , sociology , economics , agriculture , philosophy , linguistics
In Russia, as in Canada, Native peoples are attempting to gain greater control over their homelands. In the last decade, legislation at both the federal and sub‐federal (provincial, republican, etc.) level has sanctioned the transfer of land to Native ‘possession’, though not ownership, for the pursuit of traditional activities. This paper surveys the legislative basis that authorizes the creation of Native ‘communes’ (obshchinas) and their territorialization. After examining how the process works in theory, it examines the paths taken, and obstacles met, in establishing obshchinas in three Native communities in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).