Tunakkay Topayta-kur Nanu Pirka Ne.

Tunakkay topayta-kur nanu pirka ne.

(Reindeer [herding] people look good.) As can be found, yes these are another Siberian group, but are also found in my own homelands & southern neighbour. Believe it or not, they at one point used writing based off my bone ancestral script.

Reindeer Faun WIP - she is loosely based on the Evenks, indigenous people in Northern Asia and Russia who raise, herd and ride reindeer. I’m going to transfer and paint her :)

Here’s a relaxing session with the little flower from the Nanai people. Check out more from the people & especially by Stepan Porto (the person behind this video). After seeing this, it really brings back how much we have in common with native Siberians in the Russian Far East & even those in my bone line. Kekuken is an amazing poem on nature worth listening to in heart & mind, and a part of it is also a source of a popular picture in another video.

PS: There is another website with this video, but I can’t get it working at the moment.

With their large range in area & occupation over the centuries, these have even spread over the areas of the closely related Evens, the Amur Tonci, & others even including in my home country, especially over by the Selenge Valley & the northeastern aimags (provinces) as Khamnigan. As can be seen in the 3 main countries settled among them, the occupations even extend over to the according cultural ways of the neighbours, & even small groups moved over to Etok Nuca. Even with that, poverty & alcoholism are still major problems for them similar to many native Siberians.

I have recently come across this Chukchi & Inuit group called Ergyron, & after hearing this song, it got me thinking about how distances can bring us closer together. My editor showed me this song, & now am listening to more of their songs (subtitled). Hiyo’oy.

A Guide to Tsugaru Peninsula, Aomori

West of the road were a series of lakes, ponds, marshes and wetlands between you and the sea. To the east was the Iwaki River, farm villages and the southern end of the Tsugaru Mountains, the northernmost mountains of the Ou chain.

An amazing region, & I’m glad to go to university in here. Even more surprising is the culture beneath it of the Ainu inside. It’s not as well known as the Hokkaido counterpart, but it’s another layer to the scenic guide shown here that should definitely be added. Paye tan sir yan. Tan not siretok sonno ne. (Come to this land, please. This peninsula is very beautiful.)

Eating Seal Meat Is a Vital Part of Life in My Community

Many people opposed to seal hunting don't understand that kids in indigenous communities are hungry, and it's painful to see that. It's ridiculous that other cultures are welcome to survive off of our natural resources, but we're not.

Before anyone here loses their minds regarding the seals, please read this to know the perspective, and check out the video inside. This touches on important issues facing many of my editor’s kinds among his Native ethnicities. Especially for the Inuits & the high costs of groceries combined with inflation, I can’t help but see parallels to food importation costs in my own homelands.  The video of the caribou toward the end looks sonno keraan (truly tasty).