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Greeting

Aleuts

Aleuts
Aleuts
Evens
Koryaks
Alutiiq
Central Kereks Koryaks
Alaskan Evenks
Yupik Chukchi
Alutiiq Dena’ina Siberian Evens
Yupik
Eyak Tanacross
Ahtna Upper Kusko- Evens
Tutchone kwim Deg Evenks
Tlingit Tanana Hit’an Chukchi Yukagirs
Tagish Holikachuk
Tlingit Inuit Sakha Evens
Koyukon (Iñupiat)
Hän Yukagirs (Yakuts)
Kaska
Gwich'in Sakha
Evens Sakha (Yakuts)
Slavey (Yakuts) Evenks
Inuit
Dogrib (Inuvialuit)
Evenks
Chipewyan
Inuit Evenks
Dolgans
Inuit Evenks Dear readers!
Nganasans
Dolgans The publication of the first issues shows how essential the
Enets Kets Kets
information platform is nowadays. It is dedicated to the live
Selkups
traditions of the Arctic, the study of its historical and cultural
Selkups
Nenets
Inuit Nenets heritage, modern social and cultural processes as well as to the
Inuit Khanty Khanty Arctic people praising the strength and beauty of this severe
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Nenets Khanty and amazing land in their creativity.
Komi Mansi
Inuit Nenets The Arctic is no longer terra incognita but this region has not
(Kalaallit)
Komi been fully researched yet. The articles published in this journal
Saami challenge the existing stereotype about the emptiness and
70 o Norwegians Finns silence of the Arctic space. On the contrary, they demonstrate
Karelians its “vitality” and “fullness” of the people’s, Gods’ and spirits’
Saami
Icelanders Swedes voices. I am sure that the Northerners’ perception and
Finns
sympathy to their own life-world mirrored in the folklore and
Faroese
traditional culture, the artistic reflection of the landscape in
Norwegians
60 o Swedes the chefs-d'œuvre gives the deep understanding of the Arctic
space specificity, its development and the peculiarities of the
Northerners’ mentality and life activity.
compiled by:
W.K. Dallmann, Norwegian Polar Institute
P. Schweitzer, University of Alaska Fairbanks
I am very grateful to the journal authors for the originality of
their studies, love and devotion to the Arctic, the translators
whose labour adds the journal its international format. I hope
that the circle will be expanded by new interesting scholars,
Arctic peoples subdivided according to language families workers of art, education, and culture.
Arctic circle
Indo-European family Isolated languages Arctic boundary according to AMAP I would like to wish everyone fruitful academic and creative
Germanic branch (Ketic and Yukagir) Arctic boundary according to AHDR communication, the augmentation of the current knowledge
Eskimo-Aleut family Notes: about culture and art of the coldest Earth region as well as
Uralic family further authority enhancement of the journal.
Finno-Ugric branch Inuit group (of Eskimo br.) Areas show colours according to the original languages
of the respective indigenous peoples, even if they do not
Samoyedic branch Yupik group (of Eskimo br.) speak their languages today.
Aleut branch Overlapping populations are not shown. The map does
Altaic family not claim to show exact boundaries between the individual Sargylana Ignatyeva
Turkic branch Na-Dene family language groups. Editor-in-Chief,
Tungusic branch Athabaskan branch Typical colonial populations, which are not traditional Arctic Chancellor of the Arctic State
Eyak branch populations, are not shown (Danes in Greenland, Russians Institute of Arts and Culture
Chukotko-Kamchatkan fam. Tlingit branch in the Russian Federation, non-native Americans in North © russia.travel
America).

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