In this paper, I summarized the hunting, fishing and gathering activities of the Tuva
people living in the Taiga district in the northern part of Mongolia from 1995 to 2018.
The Tuva people is famous as the reindeer herders. In fact, however, they were
hunters who used reindeer as a means of transport. There are many reports as reindeer
livestock breeders in this area, but only a few are written about hunting activities. It was
an era when the number of reindeer was extremely decreased around 1995 when I started
the investigation. Under these circumstances, they returned to their lifestyle before
socialism and began to rely heavily on hunting activities.
However, now the hunting culture is about to disappear, due to the change in lifestyle
in Taiga district. So, I thought maybe I should write down their activities what I saw and
experienced about hunting activities in Taiga in post socialism era.
This report will be one of the few materials that describes the actual hunting activity
being lost in Taiga.
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