Name: The Shaman's Coat
ISBN: 9780802776761

Anna Reid

A historical overview of the indigenous peoples of Siberia describes the ethnic background and culture of the Tuvans, Sakha, Chukchi, Buryat, and other native tribes and traces their history over the course of four hundred years, from the Cossacks' campaign against the last of the Tatar khans to modern-day native-rights activists battling oil development. Reprint.

A Native History of Siberia

The Shaman's Coat

coriander

A good overview of the interactions between Russia and the native Siberians over several centuries. While it didn't go into too much detail on the lives and traditions of different native groups, it did give a general understanding of different lifestyles and identities, as well as individual attitudes, opinions and reactions from people of all sides. It was a good primer and now I'd like to go into more detail on each group. The book is well-sourced, a rich bibliography that merits exploration on its own, but the other half of her understanding is from her own expedition across Siberia, to visit the remote places where people still live by older traditions, and where the shamans still practice in their heavily altered but persistent ways.

The Shaman's Coat A Native History of Siberia

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