Working borders and shifting identities in the Russian Far North

Geoforum

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 541-556

  Fondahl, Gail ^a   Sirina, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Borders; Boundaries; Identity; Indigenous; Native; North; Russia; Russian Far East; Siberia

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY DELIMITATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

(NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0142031134     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7185(03)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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