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The Impact of Traditional and Modern Social Institutions on the Formation of National Self-Awareness of the Evenk one of the Native Peoples of the North

Author(s)	Govorina, Elena
Abstract	The present problems of native peoples are granted a great deal of attention, both on the part of the states which include these distinct national groups as a special type of minorities, and also on the part of different non-governmental agencies and organizations. The cause of such attentiveness is greater awareness of the harm done to indigenous cultures by rapidly modernizing, expanding and exploiting the land of native peoples’ societies. The purpose of the present article is to discuss the institutional mechanisms for the maintenance of national self-awareness through the transmission of native language, culture, and knowledge of everyday life; the family and community of Evenk and Alaska Natives may be regarded as examples of these. The tragic deterioration of the role of these institutions in the Evenk case may be attributed to the increasing role of formal schooling, which usurped this function from traditional institutions.
IssueNo	2
Pages	1-10
Article	Access to Article
Source	Anthropology of East Europe Review
VolumeNo	17
PubDate	Fall 1999
ISBN_ISSN	1054-4720

The Impact of Traditional and Modern Social Institutions on the Formation of National Self-Awareness of the Evenk one of the Native Peoples of the North

Political Practices, Organization, and Structure