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East Asian Studies 210 Notes: The Yakut/Dolgan __ You will find history and a cultural look at two related peoples, the Yakut and the Dolgan. - From Edward J. Vajda - http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ea210/yakut.htm
Homepage of Brigitte Pakendorf __ website researching the origin of the Yakut from a genetic and linguistic point of view; includes CV. - From Brigitte Pakendorf - http://email.eva.mpg.de/~pakendor/
Sakha - Yakutia __ "As big as India and as empty and remote as Iceland. That
could be a good summary of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)." This is by far the
largest of the autonomous republics of the Russian Federation and the home of
the Yakut. - From Bruno De Cordier -
http://www.turkiye.net/sota/yakut.html
Sakha's nomads: doomed by change? __ "The Republic of Sakha, also known as
Yakuita, extends over much of the vast expanse of eastern Siberia and is home to
nomads who have survived for hundreds of years by following their migrating
herds of reindeer. But now, their existence may be doomed by industrial
development." read more. - From CNN -
http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9801/18/siberia.reindeer/
Society-YAKUT __ An excellent overview of Yakut history and culture. - From
EthnoAtlas -
http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7883
Yakut __ An encyclopedia article about Yakut. - From
encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com -
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Yakut
Yakut __ Profile of the Yakut people. - From NUPI - Centre for Russian Studies -
http://www.nupi.no/cgi-win/Russland/etnisk_b.exe?Yakutian
Yakut language __ "Yakut or Sakha is a Turkic language with about 363,000
speakers in the Russian Federation, mainly in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
and also in the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions and the Taimyr and Evenki
autonomous districts." - From omniglot.com -
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/yakut.htm
Yakut Shaman's Robe __ "The diorama seen here depicts a healing ceremony of the
Yakut, of Eastern Siberia. This is not an imaginary re-creation but a faithful
record of a ceremony held in the late nineteenth century..." Listen to sounds
recorded by Waldemar Jochelson on wax cylinders, ca. 1903, during the Jesup
North Pacific Expeditions. Download and listen to a Yakut shaman singing to
summon spirits (.WAV format, 8mb). - Or, listen to a Yakut woman singing a
Russian Wedding song. (.WAV format, 7mb). - illustrated - From American Museum
of Natural History - http://tinyurl.com/48dat
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