Native 'land claims', Russian style |
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| Authors: | GAIL FONDAHL OLGA LAZEBNIK GREG POELZER VASILY ROBBEK |
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| Affiliation: | Geography Program, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Ave, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada V2N 4Z9 (email: );Geography Department, Sakha State University, 58 Belinskiy St., 677016 Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation (email: );Political Science Program, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Ave, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada V2N 4Z9 (email: );Institute of the Problems of Northern Indigenous Peoples, 4 Sosnovaya St., 670008 Yakustk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russian Federation (email: ) |
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| Abstract: | 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). |
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| Keywords: | Russia native indigenous aboriginal land claims law |
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