List of Figures Notes on Spelling, Pronunciation, and Usage Preface 1. Iugra Before the Russians Vlast' and Volost': Russian Power from 1600 to 1917 The Soviet Era 2. Iakh and Sir Kinship and Residency, History and Territoriality Soul, Conception, and Rebirth Adulthood and Social Identity Courtship and Marriage Alcoholism, Accidents, and Violence Being Elderly Death and Transformation Tradition, Modernity, and "Being Khanty" 3. Traditions The Khanty World Ordinary Competence, Religious Practice, and the Family Sphere Spirits, Land, and Kin Pori and Yir: Ritual Communion Communal Rituals Other Communal Rituals 4. Transformations Cultural Specialists and Cultural Change Russian Orthodoxy When the Insider Becomes the Outsider Khanty Traditions The Politics of Cultural Survival 5. Kurlomkin: Taiga Hunter Land Use in the Iugan Basin The Kurlomkins of Bolshoi Iugan Beyond the Settlement: The Family Hunting Territory The Domestic Economy Difficult Futures 6. Kanterov: Muskeg Reindeer Herder Historic Land Use on the Pim River Kirill Kanterov and His Brothers The Kanterov Family Territory The Domestic Economy Conclusions 7. Black Snow Post-Soviet Administration Defacing the Land Marginalization and the Press of Oil Making Way for Oil Reimagining Land and Community Emergent Types 8.

Land, Leadership, and Community Oil, Ethnicity, and Perestroika The Obshchina Movement The Fight to Save the Iugan 9. Accommodation, Resistance, and Resilience Vectors of Change Revitalization, Resistance, and Revival Strategies of Cultural Persistence A Resilient People Bibliography Index.