Reindeer pastoralism is the major subsistence activity engaged in by various peoples in the Arctic and sub-Arctic areas. It has been studied from various points of view. However, the techniques used to manage and control livestock have been relatively ignored by scholars. In this article, daily herding activity and usage or domestic reindeer are reported by a field study done in the Aldan district, which is in the southern part of the Sakha Republic, Russia. The author stayed at a cabin or an Evenki obshchina (clan-community) used for reindeer herding, and observed and interviewed the herders about everyday reindeer herding activity and usage. The results showed that daily herding is carried out as follows: every morning, a herder searches for the reindeer herd grazing in the pasture and drives them to the cabin site. Then some bucks are caught and others are set free. Different kinds or instruments and apparatus are used for reindeer management and control. Some of these are bells to detect reindeer; a corral, lassos and hampering bars to restrict their movement; and salt, urine, and pellets of feed to attract I hem. The results also discuss the many uses or the reindeer. Some castrated bucks are used for travel and transportation. The herders utilize reindeer for riding and as beasts of burden. Reindeer are also used as draft animals for sledges. Furthermore, the does are milked in summer and the milk is processed into butter and whipped cream for consumption at home. In this case study, Evenki's reindeer herding activity and usage seemed to be the same as neighboring Even's form. Although this obshchina aims to produce reindeer meat for sale, an increase in the number of reindeer has not occurred because of wolf predation. Consequently, its reindeer herding activities are similar to the traditional taiga type activities, which use bucks for travel and transportation and docs for milking.

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