"Abandoned to their fate": Tuvans-Todzhans complain about the impossibility of preserving their ancestral traditions
The authorities have been in power for six years. ignored residents' application Todzha in Tuva Appeals to the prosecutor's office and the presidential administration were unsuccessful in creating a fishing and reindeer herding zone.
"Two hundred community members are abandoned to their fate. We can't harvest animals or water resources, nor engage in traditional land management. Community members are being tracked, their fish are confiscated, and they are threatened with criminal charges for poaching. The actual poachers, who are killing taimen, are protected by the fisheries protection service.",” the community chairman wrote to the Risk newspaper. Hamsyra-Dodot Eres Shuurge, calling the situation "unhealthy". For publication drew attention publication "People of Baikal".
Federal authorities constantly talk about the importance of preserving the culture of small indigenous peoples (KMNS), publishes decrees, projects, and concepts. Things don't go beyond words and advertising publications.
Todzha is a remote region TuvaThe indigenous population has lived for centuries by fishing and reindeer herding. Now they will be able to engage in traditional activities only after their land is recognized as a TTP.
Meanwhile, placer gold mining began at the headwaters of the Khamsara and Bediy rivers. This resulted in a decline in fish stocks and a reduction in reindeer pastures.
Shuurge asked the newspaper to distribute the information in the hope that they would still be allocated TTP to preserve the small people.
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Photo: Risk
