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Information on The Forest Nenets

Galya, a Forest Nenets girl, at the entrance of her family's reindeer skin tent at their winter camp. Purovsky region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Victor Piak, a Forest Nenets reindeer herder. Purovsky Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A Forest Nenets man wearing traditional reindeer skin winter boots. Purovsky Region, Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

Victor Piak, a Forest Nenets man, wearing traditional reindeer skin clothing. Purovsky Region, Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

A young Forest Nenets girl. The tufts of reindeer fur on her hood are from the ears of the reindeer she owns. Purovsky Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A young Forest Nenet girl in traditional dress. Numto, Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Raisa Serotetto, a Nenets woman, drags firewood to her family's tent at their winter camp on the edge of a forest. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

Raisa Serotetto, a Nenets woman, drags firewood to her family's tent at their winter camp on the edge of a forest. Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia

A shy Forest Nenets girl at a winter camp in the Purovsky region of the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia.

Victor Piak, a Forest Nenets reindeer herder, coils up his lasso at a winter camp in the Purovsky region of the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

Traditional reindeer skin clothing airing at a Forest Nenets winter camp in the Purovsky Region of the Yamal. Western Siberia.

Langu Piak, a Forest Nenets herder, checks his reindeer skin clothing airing at a winter camp in the Purovsky Region of the Yamal. Western Siberia.

A Forest Nenets man wearing traditional reindeer skin winter boots. Purovsky Region, Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

Victor Piak, a Forest Nenets man, wearing traditional reindeer skin clothing. Purovsky Region, Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

Two Forest Nenets women in traditional summer dress walking in the forest near Tarko-Sale. Purovsky, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

At an indigenous peoples festival, a young Forest Nenets girl attaches a ribbon to a sacred tree and makes a wish. Tarko-Sale, Purovsky, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Forest Nenets woman at an indigenous peoples' festival at Tarko-Sale, Purovsky, Yamal, Russia

A Forest Nenets man's tool belt made from reindeer leather and antler with knives and a mammoth ivory pipe hanging from it. Purovsky Region, Yamal, Western Siberia.

A Forest Nenets man's tool belt made from reindeer leather and antler with a knife and a mammoth ivory pipe hanging from it. Purovsky Region, Yamal, Western Siberia.

Gallina Vello, a Forest Nenets woman from Numto, dressed in her winter clothes. Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Vikka Piak, a 15 year old Forest Nenets girl, rests on her sled during a reindeer drive.Khanty Mansiysk. Russia. 2000

Tundra Nenets women sawing firewood at their camp in Khanty-Mansiysk. Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Vikka Piak, a 15 year old Forest Nenets girl carries firewood to a tent. Khanty Mansiysk, Siberia, Russia. 2000

Vikka Piak, a Forest Nenets girl, stitches a reindeer's wound. Khanty-Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Vassilly Piak, the Forest Nenets man who led the group that collected the reindeer herd. Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. 2000

Vikka Piak, a Forest Nenets girl, during a reindeer drive in Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

A forest Nenets woman (left) and a Khanty woman (right) in traditional dress. Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

A group of Khanty & Forest Nenets women eating raw reindeer meat. Numto, Khanty Mansiysk, W.Siberia, Russia. 2000

Otto Yaptik (sitting) and Nyndma Khudi, Nenets men, leave camp with two children by reindeer sled to collect wood from the forest. Yamal. Siberia. Russia