Pictures of Mongolia's Reindeer People

Mongolian Reindeer Pictures: Dukha Boy with Squirrel Skins from Hunt
Mongolian Reindeer Pictures: Dukha Hunters Search for Game in Mountains
Mongolian Reindeer Pictures: Boy in Typical Dukha Camp Scene
Mongolian Reindeer Pictures: Dukha Hunters Ride into Taiga Forest
Mongolian Reindeer Pictures: Dukha Hunters Kill Moose for Food
Mongolian Reindeer Pictures: Young Dukha Maid Grazes Reindeer
Mongolian Reindeer Pictures: Dukha Woman Ties Down Reindeer
Mongolian Reindeer Pictures: Dukha Shaman Sits by Ancestral Rags
Mongolian Reindeer Pictures: Dukha Boy Rides Bucking Reindeer
Mongolian Reindeer Pictures: Wildlife Biologist Takes Blood Sample
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Mongolian Reindeer Pictures: Dukha Boy with Squirrel Skins from Hunt
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With squirrels hanging from his reindeer's saddle, a young Dukha boy returns from a hunt in the winter. Squirrel skins are an important source of income for the Dukha, or Tsaatan, people: Each squirrel pelt sells for the equivalent of two U.S. dollars on the market.

The Dukha live in remote forests in northwestern Mongolia. As these forests decline in size and commercial hunting increases in popularity, the Dukha and predators like wolves struggle to find sufficient food to survive. The reindeer is becoming a common source of food for both Dukha and wolf.

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Photo gallery by Chelsea Lane-Miller
—Photograph copyright Hamid Sardar
 

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