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22 June 2008

The Native Spirit Festival - Call for Film and Video Submissions

The closing date for submissions for The Native Spirit Festival 2008 will be the 31st August 2008. All entries must be accompanied by a submissions form and be sent to:

The Native Spirit Festival 2008
Submissions
PO Box 60545
London W2 7NF
ENGLAND

Please see the submission guidelines and obtain a copy of the submissions form here;
http://www.nativespiritfestival.com/english/submissions.htm

There is no limit to the number of submission that can be entered by a single filmmaker. All films produced by indigenous filmmakers and productions which feature aspects of indigenous life are eligible for submission. The Festival focuses on the indigenous peoples of the Americas, however films from indigenous communities worldwide can be submitted to the Worldwide section of the program.

Native Spirit is a non profit organisation for more details on our work, please refer to our website:
www.nativespiritfestival.com

03 January 2008

Changed activities

Due to a changed employment situation of the Network coordinator, the issuing of ANSIPRA Bulletin is temporaily stopped. We are trying to find solutions that would enable us to continue, possibly under a more specialised topical focus.

We are continually posting new information on the website.

Please note the ongoing project under the umbrella of the International Polar Year: Monitoring of Development of Traditional Indigenous Land Use Areas in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Northwest Russia.

14 May 2007

ANSIPRA Bulletin No. 16a

You can now download the new issue, April 2007, of ANSIPRA Bulletin, English language edition! The Russian language edition can be accessed from the Russian language part of our website.

Bulletin 16

27 July 2006

ANSIPRA Bulletin No. 15-15a

You can now download the new issue, December 2005, of ANSIPRA Bulletin, English language edition! The Russian language edition can be accessed from the Russian language part of our website.

Main topic of this issue is:
- indigenous peoples and georesources (Sakhalin, Amur area, Nenets A.O.)

The issue contains the appendix No. 15a with English translations of selected articles of the official periodical of RAIPON “Mir korennykh narodov – zhivaya Arktika” (Indigenous Peoples’ World - Living Arctic) No. 18, 2005.

Bulletin 15

04 July 2006

Request for funding:

Ethno-pedagogical conditions for organizing a nomadic camp for Northern indigenous children
at the example of the nomadic ethnoecological camp “Garpanga”

The main goal is to develop an organizational model for a nomadic camp as a basis for the revival of the national language, traditional way of life, traditions and customs of the Northern indigenous peoples, and thus form a theoretical basis.

Project description and cost estimate

18 May 2006

Indigenous peoples should not face their troubles alone.
Help earthquake victims in Koryakia!

Brothers and sisters!

On 21 April 2006 an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 on the Richter Scale struck the Olyutorskiy District of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug. Four settlements, including the homes of more than 4,500 people, were located in the most heavily shaken zone. Thirty-seven people were injured during the earthquake. Thankfully, none were killed. In the villages of Korf and Tilichiki, many buildings have been greatly damaged, including the hospital, the school, two kindergartens, and four thermoelectric stations. All heating and electricity systems have also been destroyed.

The Olyutorskiy District is located in the Far North of the Kamchatka Peninsula. During this time of year, average temperatures in this area remain below –15 degrees Celsius. Last weekend more than 534 people were evacuated from the affected villages, including 271 children.

The underground tremors are still continuing. For the last three days, 19 earthquakes, many reaching 5 points on the Richter Scale, have continued to strike the area of Cape Olyutorskiy. The smell of hydrogen sulphide was noticed coming from one of the rivers in the Olyutorskiy district. People are afraid to go back to their houses. The indigenous representatives who live in the disaster area do not want to be evacuated.

There is an 80% chance of a second major earthquake striking the area, according to the assessment of the Kamchatka branch of the Russian Expert Council on Earhquake Prediction. This second earthquake could reach a magnitude of 7.4. The question of evacuating the entire population of the villages of Korf and Tilichiki is being discussed in the Koryak Autonomous Okrug.

The Kamchatka Regional Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, together with the Itelmen People Council “Tkhsanom”, announces a fundraising effort to provide help to the people of Olyutorskiy District who have suffered from these earthquakes. We urge you to give help to our fellow tribesmen who are the hostages of disaster and who are without a roof over their heads in the severe conditions of the Far North.

All of the collected donations will be given to the local Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the North in the Olyutorskiy District. Any donations you can give, however small, will be of great help to the earthquake victims. It is not known where the disaster will hit next. A demonstration of unity of the indigenous peoples will help to strengthen the spirit of the victims and show that they will not have to face their troubles alone.

We ask you to make a charitable contribution and help from the bottom of your heart!

EURO account:

Beneficiary: Zaporotskiy Oleg Nikitovich, ACC 42301978600810010017

Beneficiary Bank: Bank of Moscow, Rojgestvenka 8/15 str.3, Moscow, Swift code: MOSWRUMM, Corr/account with Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main, SWIFT code: DRESDEFF

30301978200000000081 Kamchatka Branch, 18 Leninskiy Street, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia.

Upcoming event in Moscow, 24-28 September:
NTFP (Non-Timber Forest Products) Forum and Fair

Download these pdf files for details:
Fair
Forum aganda

28 July 2005

ANSIPRA Bulletin No. 13-13a

You can now download the new issue, July 2005, of ANSIPRA Bulletin, English language edition! The Russian language edition can be accessed from the Russian language part of our website.

Main topics of this issue are:
- indigenous peoples and georesources (Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Far East)
- health issues
- 4^th Session of UN Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues

The issue contains the appendix No. 13a with English translations of selected articles of the official periodical of RAIPON “Mir korennykh narodov – zhivaya Arktika” (Indigenous Peoples’ World - Living Arctic) No. 15, 2004.

Main topics of this part are:

- living conditions of indigenous peoples
- relations with companies
- Territories of Traditional Nature Use
- nature conservation

Bulletin 13-13a

25 May 2005

Reindeer-breeders of the Barents Sea region will discuss possibilities for cooperation

On 26^th–27^th of May a Seminar on reindeer-breeding issues in the Barents Sea region will take place in Toivoniemi (Finland). The aim of this Seminar is to find out opportunities for economical cooperation development in the field of reindeer-breeding.

Various enterprises, organizations and individuals, who are involved in reindeer-breeding of the Barents region (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia: Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Republic of Komi and Murmansk Region), attend the Seminar. Organizers of this event are the Saami Area Educational Center (Inari, Finland), the Reindeer-breeding School (Kautokeino, Norway), and the Training College # 26 (Lovozero, Murmansk Region).

Participants of the seminar will learn about Arctic Council and the Northern Forum projects on reindeer-breeding, and the possibilities of financing from international projects. The president of the Association of Nenets People “Yasavey”, Vladislav Peskov will make a presentation on the “Current situation in reindeer-breeding in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug”.

Information Center of RAIPON

18 May 2005

ANSIPRA Secretariat extended

We have extended our staff by including Elena Krikunenko. Elena works at the Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North / Russian Indigenous Training Center (CSIPN/RITC) in Moscow and has first-hand access to up-to-date information from central indigenous peoples' organisations in the Russian Federation.

With this we hope to be faster in summarising and forwarding important information through our website and bulletin.

See What and who is ANSIPRA

13 May 2005

Funding initiative for Humanities and Social Science based research in the circumpolar North:

"BOREAS - Histories from the North: environments, movements, narratives"

This is a research funding initiative coordinated by the European Science Foundation, targeting humanities and social science scholars specializing in arctic and sub-arctic research in Europe, Canada, the USA, and Russia. Please note that BOREAS will only fund international Collaborative Research Projects (CRP), with participants based typically in at least three countries. The deadline for proposals is 27 June 2005.

Call for proposals (pdf format, 230 kb)

Website: http://www.esf.org/boreas

07 January 2005

ANSIPRA Bulletin No. 11-12

You can now download the new issue, December 2004, of ANSIPRA Bulletin, English language edition! The Russian language edition, will be posted shortly.

Main topics of this issue are:
- political promises and reality
- ongoing and planned project activity
- indigenous society development

Bulletin 11-12 E (rtf format)
Bulletin 11-12 E (pdf format)

New special issue: ANSIPRA Bulletin No. 12A

You can also download the new special issue of ANSIPRA Bulletin. The issue contains English translations of selected articles of the official periodical of RAIPON “Mir korennykh narodov – zhivaya Arktika” (Indigenous Peoples’ World - Living Arctic) No. 14, 2004.

Main topics of this edition are conflicts between indigenous peoples, companies and authorities.

Bulletin 12A (rtf format)
Bulletin 12A (pdf format)

List of contents (both volumes and back issues)

26 November 2004

The Tromsø Master Programme in Indigenous Studies

The University of Tromsø, N o rway, proudly presents our multi-disciplinary Master Programme in Indigenous Studies. Aiming to recruit Saami, Norwegian and international students, the Master programme is designed to equip students with comparative perspectives on indigenous issues.

The students will benefit from the research-based knowledge at all participating units at the University of Tromsø . By bringing together perspectives and contributions from different faculties, the programme will offer a unique opportunity for students to specialise in indigenous issues and give them a deeper understanding of the diverse yet similar realities of indigenous peoples.

Key areas to be covered by lectures and literature range from theoretical issues to resource management and social development; from colonial histories, indigenous rights, world views, art, identities, cultures and health issues, to local, regional and international politics. Lectures on the situation and history of the Sámi people will form a basis for comparative and international perspectives. The programme starts in the middle of August 2004 and will be taught in English.

The programme is based on collaboration between the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Humanities and the Centre for Sámi Studies. The Faculty of Medicine will also contribute to the programme. Responsible units are the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Centre for Saami Studies.

Please check our web-pages at: http://www.sami.uit.no/master/introduction.html and get information on the Scholarships and admission at: http://uit.no/daa/students/3?Language=en

The admission deadline is December 1st 2004 !

22 July 2004

ANSIPRA Bulletin No. 11

ANSIPRA Bulletin No.11 has been issued in Russian language (see Russian language part of this website). There is no English language edition. ANSIPRA has a reduced editing capacity due to a leave of one of our secretariat members. English versions of the articles contained in the present issue will be posted on the Internet continually when ready. An English language volume No.11/12 is planned to be issued by the end of 2004, which also will contain the relevant articles of the Russian language edition of Bulletin No. 11.

You can now download the new special issue of ANSIPRA Bulletin. The issue contains English translations of selected articles of the official periodical of RAIPON “Mir korennykh narodov – zhivaya Arktika” (Indigenous Peoples’ World - Living Arctic) No. 13, 2003.

Main topics of this edition are legal issues on indigenous lands and conflicts with oil companies.

The Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen is looking for an anthropologist, ethnologist, or historian to work for three years on an AHRB-funded project entitled 'Archival and Living Transcripts in Eastern Siberia'.

Deadline for application: 14 May 2004
For more information about the project and contact information CLICK HERE.

The RAIPON office is moving
We apologize for inconveniences. For details see here.

Publication Release:
"Snowchange Community Book on Change"
Tampere Polytechnic, Finland

After four years of work, the Snowchange project at Tampere Polytechnic in Finland releases the "Snowchange Community Book on Change." Communities and participants from Alaska, British Columbia, Nunavut, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Kamchatka, and the Kola Peninsula share their observations, dreams, poems, and stories in cooperation with scientists, experts, artists, and community members. The project, in operation since late 2000, has organized two conferences on "Indigenous Observations of Ecological and Climate Change." These meetings, held in Tampere, Finland and Murmansk, Russia, brought together people from northern communities. The Snowchange project has cooperated with the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), Worldwide Fund for Nature, various communities, research institutes, and universities.

In November 2002, WWF Finland chose Snowchange as the "Best Ecological Project Of the Year" to receive the prestigious Panda Prize. The publication will be released in May 2004. We are now accepting early orders of the Snowchange book.

Price: $49 USD plus shipping and handling. Price can be negotiated on large orders.

For further information, please contact:
Tero Mustonen, Teacher/Project Manager
Tampere Polytechnic
Teiskontie 33
FIN 33521 Tampere, Finland
E-mail: tero.mustonen@tpu.fi
Phone: +358 (0)3 2647614
Fax: +358 (0)3 2647222

«Problems of Adaptation of Human to Ecological and Social Conditions of the North»

Main topics of this edition are legal issues in connection with Territories of Traditional Nature Use, other legal issues, and conflicts with oil companies.

The deadline for applications for the PhD position (see below, 7 January) has been extended to 29 February 2004. Please note also that the start date has been delayed to 01.07.2004.

Download the new issue, December 2003, of ANSIPRA Bulletin, English language edition! For the Russian language edition, select the link to the Russian part of the website in the upper left corner.

Arctic Centre, University of Lapland is seeking to fill a PhD student post for the period 01.04.2004 to 31.12.2007. The student will work full-time as part of a small research team in close cooperation with a geographer and one or more social anthropologists in the Finnish Academy project “Environmental And Social Impacts Of Industrial Development In Northern Russia”. Specifically, this project will make a comparative study of effects of petroleum development in two key areas in northwest Russia, the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. There will be important links to the global level on the basis of scientific and indigenous or local knowledge.

The project will be based at Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi, Finland.
Deadline for application: 31 January 2004
For more information (in English) about the project and contact information CLICK HERE.

The Saami division of the Norwegian Broadcasting Cooperation (NRK) has started a new project with the purpose of building up a common network linking indigenous television and radio stations worldwide. This cooperation will enable indigenous broadcasters from all countries to quickly exchange news stories, documentaries and other information on indigenous issues.

As an alternative to mainstream news, this cooperation focuses on indigenous journalism and sharing indigenous stories. This provides an opportunity to broadcast comparable and related information. In this way we can benefit each other and bring the indigenous world closer together.

The common network will be based on a website, e-mail and address list. Any indigenous broadcaster with access to this network will be able to view, listen and download full-quality news stories from all other broadcasters in the database. The website is at the planning stage and under construction at the NRK main office in Oslo.

Currently NRK Saami Radio has beneficial relationships with Swedish Television and radio and YLE in Finland. In addition, we cooperate with Kalaallit Nunaat Radio (KNR) in Greenland and the Saami radio station in Lovozero (Murmanskaya Oblast, Russia).

We are inviting broadcasting stations and reporters with relations to indigenous communities in Russia to join our project. We will find measures to overcome the language barrier. Please contact us for more information!

Contact:
Jan Henrik Hætta (producer and photographer)
E-mail: jan.henrik.hatta@nrk.no
Phone. +47 - 78 46 92 46
Mobile phone: +47 – 41 27 77 78
Fax. +47 - 78 46 92 22

Danish Chukotka Expeditions has produced a website (http://www.connexion-dte.dk) that contains information on the Yupik population in Chukotka, their language, occupations, and politics. It also has information on Chukotka in general and on a series of expeditions. The website’s languages are English, Russian and Danish.

Furthermore, the web site offers 125 brilliant photos from Chukotka, a video on walrus hunting, and an audio file with traditional Yupik song and music.

For further information, please contact:
Bent Nielsen
Department of Eskimology and Arctic Studies
Strandgade 100H
DK-1401 Copenhagen K, Denmark
E-mail: Chukotka@hum.ku.dk

The ANSIPRA Secretariat wants to draw the attention of our readers to a recently appeared website, presented by Andrey Chernyshov.

The main objectives of this site are directed towards interests – like commercial enterprises – of indigenous peoples of Canada, Greenland and other western countries, and Russia. It also presents the possibility to apply for grants for work with common problems in the Russian Far East like environmental protection, sustainable development of indigenous peoples, and preservation of culture (the “Phoenix Fund”, http://www.phoenix.vl.ru/index.htm). Finally, it is concerend with actions like competitions for best drawings presenting traditional costumes of Russian indigenous peoples.

Together with Andrey Chernyshov we invitye you to visit the website http://www.ussuri.net/.

We apologize that ANSIPRA Bulletin No. 10, which is due December 2003, is delayed and will be issued in January 2004. A volume with English translations of selected articles from RAIPON's journal "Mir korennykh narodov - zhivaya Arktika" , No. 11-12, will also be issued in January. Translations from "Mir korennykh narodov - zhivaya Arktika" , No. 13, are also in preparation and will be published as soon as we can manage the job.

The staff of the ANSIPRA Secretariat wishes you all a merry Christmas and a successful New Year!

The University of Tromsø proudly presents a new multi-disciplinary Master Programme in Indigenous Studies. Aiming to recruit Saami, Norwegian and international students, the Master programme is designed to equip students with comparative perspectives on indigenous issues.

The programme offers a unique opportunity for students to specialise in indigenous issues and give them a deeper understanding of the diverse yet similar realities of indigenous peoples. Key areas to be covered range from theoretical issues to resource management and social development; from colonial histories, indigenous rights, world views, art, identities, cultures and health issues, to local, regional and international politics. Lectures on the situation and history of the Sámi people will form a basis for comparative and international perspectives.

The programme starts at the beginning of august each year and will be taught in English. Application deadline for the following year is 1 December. Russian students can apply for acceptance within the university’s quota programme.

Download the new issue of ANSIPRA Bulletin, English language edition! For the Russian language edition, select the link to the Russian part of the website in the upper left corner.

The Icelandic chairmanship of the Arctic Council is preparing an International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Arctic: Opportunities and Obstacles for Sustainable Development, Education and Telemedicine.

4-Year Doctoral Fellowship in Social Anthropology
for research on the Lake Baikal Region, Eastern Siberia

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, (Scotland) announces a competition for a four-year doctoral fellowship valued at approximately £14,000 ($18,200 USD) per annum. Applications are due 1 May 2003.

"Building Capacity in Arctic Societies: Dynamics and Shifting Perspectives”

The International Ph.D. School for Studies of Arctic Societies (IPSSAS) organises seminars for Ph.D. students in the fields of Arctic history, culture and language and promotes international cooperation and networking. One of the aims is to bring students from Arctic communities to Ph.D. level.

Deadline for registration is 24 March 2003. Send your application to the IPSSAS Secretariat, Department of Eskimology, University of Copenhagen:
ipssas@hum.ku.dk
Students must cover a registration fee of 200$ CAD, as well as accommodation (max. 80$ CAD per day) and personal expenses.

We have posted three new maps on this website. Please open the link Arctic indigenous peoples. A Russian language version is in preparation.

The Gorbachev Foundation and the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North would like to invite you to take part in this International Conference. The purpose of the conference is to discuss future perspectives and identify mechanisms for the solution of numerous and diverse problems faced by the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East and caused by the Russia’s transition to market economy.

Download the new issue of ANSIPRA Bulletin, English language edition! The Russian language edition will be completed soon.

21.-26.2.2003 – SNOWCHANGE 2003 - Indigenous Observations of Climate Change

6-7 June 2003 – Ninth International Conference on Minority Languages, ICML-IX

Main topics of this edition are legal issues in connection with Territories of Traditional Nature Use, the varying environmental behaviour of oil-and-gas companies, and the disastrous living conditions in some indigenous communities of the Russian North.

24 February - 1 March 2003 – Arctic-alpine ecosystems and people in the changing environment

20-22 September 2002 – Forests of the Northern Lights Academic Mini-Conference
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Download the new issue of ANSIPRA Bulletin, English language edition! The Russian language edition will be completed soon.

A number of thematic, environmental maps relevant for indigenous peoples issues of the Russian Arctic, originally produced for INSROP (International Northern Sea Route Programme) in 1997, are now available on this website.

Management of own land resources by the indigenous peoples of Russia, USA and Canada
June 7 - 21, 2002

The Pacific Ecological and Resource Center (PERK) is planning to carry out an international exchange programme concerning the management of own land resources by the indigenous peoples of Russia, USA and Canada. Applications are accepted from representatives of the indigenous minorities from the North, Siberia and Far East. The exchange programme will be held from June 7 - 21, 2002. Five representatives from the indigenous minorities will be selected from the applications received for the trip to the USA and Canada where questions relating to the management of own land resources by the indigenous peoples shall be discussed. All expenses shall be paid by our side.

Contact person: Sybille Diver - organizer of exchange programme
E-mail: sdiver@pacificenvironment.org
fax: 8-10 (+1-510)251-8838

A three day workshop will be organised in February 2002 in Tampere, Finland to document and discuss the observations and impacts of the Climate Change in the European and Russian North. Global climate change will affect the entire Arctic, and is the largest and most widespread environmental threat the region faces over the coming years and decades. Circumpolar communities will be in the frontline when the warming of the climate occurs.

Download the new special issue of ANSIPRA Bulletin! The issue contains translations from the official periodical of RAIPON “Мир коренных народов - живая арктика” (Indigenous Peoples’ World - Living Arctic) No. 8, 2001.

Main topics of this issue are legal training workshops for indigenous people in Russia, the struggle against environmental damage and pollution, and indigenous languages.

The Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, the Russian Indigenous Training Center, and the Inuit Circumpolar Conference Canada would like to invite you to take part in the Round Table «SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH – PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS», which will take place in Moscow in February, 2002. The Round Table is organized under the Institution Building for Northern Russian Indigenous Peoples’ Project financed by the Canadian International Development Agency.

A grant from the Barents Euro-Arctic Region has allowed us to establish this new Internet website, which will increase the flow of information through our network significantly, at least for those having access to the Internet.

We expect to distribute information continuously through updates of this website. We encourage you to send us any relevant contributions, news, updates or Internet links that we will consider to present on the ANSIPRA website. If you have previously sent contributions to the ANSIPRA Bulletin about your projects or activities, please check on the website if these are still up-to-date. We would be happy to replace them with updated versions.

Information updates on the website will in general correspond to our newsletter, the ANSIPRA Bulletin. We will continue to issue the printed bulletin about twice a year; .rtf files of the issues will be available on the website for downloading.

Because of the poor Internet access among our readership in the Russian Federation, Russian addressees will continue to receive the printed bulletin. But if you live outside Russia and want to receive the printed version of the bulletin in the future, you have to confirm this actively. An inquiry letter will be sent to you soon.