#Chukchi

[folkfashion]

Chukchi woman, Russia, by Kamcnt

[thenuclearmallard]

Whale hunt dance in Chukotka

[irithnova]

Russians pretending like the way they treat their ethnic minorities is some sort of Gold standard is fucking comical. Yes, Buryats, Tuvans and other ethnic minority groups being disproportionately mobilised in an imperial war by their coloniser so privileged Muscovites can never face the war themselves is so BASED ! Tell that to all of those Buryats/Kalmyks/Tuvans etc protesting and fleeing the country to escape being drafted.

Anyways

So "BASED"!

[ra-horakhty-art]

Chukchi

[moscti]

Please help if you can! Anything counts!

[charring58]

The #Chukchi, or Chukchee (Chukot: #Ԓыгъоравэтԓьэт, О'равэтԓьэт, Ḷygʺoravètḷʹèt, O'ravètḷʹèt), are a Siberian ethnic group native to the Chukchi Peninsula, the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea region of the Arctic Ocean[4] all within modern Russia. They speak the Chukchi language. The Chukchi originated from… 

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[polarchill]

Barrow, Alaska, USA: history is melting ; Haika Magazine

[loversveil]

The Whaler Boy (Китобой) dir. Philipp Yuryev (2020)

[theknitpotato]

In December 1984, a group of 3,000 beluga whales were trapped by ice in the Chukchi Sea, near Russia. The whales were confined to small open water ponds surrounded by thick, impassable ice up to 10 feet thick in some areas.

Without access to larger areas of the ocean, the whales had difficulty breathing and were at risk of dying. To help rescue them, an icebreaker named Admiral Makarov was brought in, equipped with a specially reinforced ice-breaking hull. The ship attempted to take the whales to safety by breaking the ice, but the belugas initially refused to follow.

When the crew began playing classical music like Tchaikovsky over the ship's speakers, the whales finally began to follow the Makarov through the narrow open-water channel. This allowed 2,000 whales to reach the unfrozen ocean after a journey of almost 100 miles. The successful rescue effort lasted several days and was later dubbed "Operation Beluga." It was a massive undertaking that involved several countries, including the Soviet Union, the United States, Canada, and Japan.

[good-lobster]

Song: Mon Renne Bien-Aimé de Grands Bois (My Beloved Reindeer has Big Antlers)

Artist: Slava Egorovič Kemlil

Album: Sibérie 3: Kolyma - Chants de nature et d'animaux (Kolyma - Songs of Nature and Animals)

[thenuclearmallard]

Indigenous people in Russia (Siberia)

[irithnova]

"Chukchi Doll Wearing Fur and Skin Protective Garments Anadyr City Museum Chukotka Russia Far East"

https://www.flickr.com/photos/eriagn/8014499422/

[actuallytruevolchek]

I have developed a strange hobby of creating flag designs for ethnic groups and religions.

Here are some examples: Ukrainians, Polish Ukrainians (Ukrainians in Poland), Omnism, Russian Americans (Russians in the United States), Chukchi, Wicca and Hutsul.

What other ethnic groups or religions should we make flags for?

[brighter-arda]

Andreth for @tolkienofcolourweek

Part 30 of toi's indigenous tolkien series

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[psikonauti]

Reindeer and Chukchi reindeer herder in snow of Siberia, Russia

Photographed by Natalie Fobes

[pollenallergie]

hot take: i feel like GOT’s portrayal of those living north of the wall could’ve been way better if they respectfully and mindfully included some inspiration from arctic indigenous cultures… like the wildlings have a whole expansive desert to their disposal… just the different clans all spread out and shit… they’re descendants of the first men… they’ve had soooo much time to get real creative culturally… and you’re telling me they’re not doing drum dances??? you’re telling me they don’t have snow goggles????? no dog-sledding??? no blanket tosses??? yeah right.

they’re not landlocked by any means (if the maps i’ve seen are correct) and yet they’re not out hunting whales??? that’s a major source of nutrition in climates like theirs!! and they’re just not about that life, i fucking guess. whatever.