People Of The Tulndra Chapter 1 Summary

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Dr. John Ziker in Chapter six of “Peoples of the Tundra” (2002) begins to explain the difference of property rights between societies. The author, Dr. Ziker explains how some societies have written titles symbolizing an individual’s right to sell land, and how in other societies such as kin groups, an individual has to go through others to negotiate the land. In a kin group, property negotiating is a less formal affair. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Dolgan and Nganasan have gone back to their informal ways by relying on the land for survival. After communism disappeared, the Dolgan and Nganasan began to use the land in three ways. First, the hunters continued utilizing the state enterprise lands. The second, people utilized the family/clan holdings. Finally, hunters used sport-hunting land around their area. The usage of the state enterprise, allowed the hunters to keep their jobs from the Soviet past, but the salaries from the government were seldom, and supplies such as fuel became limited. Family/clan holdings were created in 1992 by a Decree, from former president Boris Yeltsin. The purpose of family/clan holdings was to protect the lands used by the indigenous people of Siberia. The Decree stated that there would be no property taxes on the holdings, but there would be taxes on profits from sales from the regional government. The…show more content…
The first was, “life time, inheritable ownership,” which allowed the natives to pass the land to their descendants, as long they promise to up keep the property. The second holding was, “unlimited (continuous) use of property.” This land holding put limits on passing the land to their children, and required the people to have a balanced on the resources of the land. The third property type, “leased property,” allowed ten years of possession for the natives, which was the rational reason because some of the holdings would only last one to two

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