The Siberian Reindeer Culture

Culture of the Siberian Reindeer People In American there are a variety of cultures within our country. We as nurses will come across many patients who's culture differs from our own. In our practice it will benefit our patients and ourselves to have a broad knowledge base of other cultures and how our care will need to be modified to their cultural beliefs. We will discuss the culture of the Siberian Reindeer tribes and how nursing care will be carried out to their beliefs. In the Amur bend of outlet Manchuria the Siberian Reindeer people live in the Verkhoyansk mountains of northeast Siberia which is the coldest inhabited place on earth with temperatures fall to -96f (-71c). There are many tribes of the Siberian reindeer people which include the Shamans, the Khanty, The Yugra tribe and the Evenk tribe. The tribes lived where reindeers live for the purpose of food, healing, and way of living. In Arctic Russia the herding of reindeer became the primary source life because the land could not sustain much of any agriculture ("Evenki Reindeer Herding," 2015). The Evenki people inhibit the south Siberia's mountainous zones. These type of people are known for their use of the reindeer. They try to limit the use of the reindeer for transportation and milk products. Evenki people prefer to not slaughter the reindeer but will in exceptional circumstances. The size of the tribes varies in size from 20-1,000 depending on the need of the tribes. A tribe that farms reindeer for the meat
The living space of the people is referred to as a chum. It is a made up of wooden poles that has skin of reindeer laid over it. Each family has its own chum and is in charge of moving their own chum daily in migration ("Tribe"). The head of the house hold is typically the father, brother, or grandfather and in some circumstances the brother of the mother ("Evenki Northern Tungus"). Generally the males role is everything that is connected to grazing the reindeer, slaughtering, and choosing pastures. The women's primary role is to cook, repair clothes, packing of the home in times of migration, and to care for the children. There are many rules within the camps such as women are not to step over any ropes, walk over reindeer driving sticks, and should not cross an imaginary line that runs from inside the chum out through the back of the tent. On the other hand men are not allowed to touch floorboards and tent poles