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The Samoyed in their domestic and social lifebook chapter 1847 • Islavin, Vladimīr & Wise, Sheldon
Nenets • Asia > North Asia
In spite of the fact that this book was written more than a century ago it contains remarkably correct and shrewd observations on an objective level about the social and economic life of the Samoyeds. Islavin was sent to make these observations as an...Customs of the natives of Tobolsk Provinceessay 1876 • Samokvasov, D. (Dmitriĭ) & Wise, Sheldon
Nenets • Asia > North Asia
The material in this source was edited by Samokvasov who used information from contemporary [i.e., ca. 1875] writers as well as that obtained about 1823 by a special commission supported by the governor of Siberia in collaboration with the natives. T...