The fishermen of the communities of the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North in Dudinka (Taimyr, Russia) received snowmobiles and outboard motors from the Nornickel company. The new equipment will allow fishermen to quickly deliver everything necessary for the winter hunting and fishing season from Dudinka to remote communities: fuel, food, spare parts for snowmobiles. And then from the fishing points back to the city the extracted products: fish and deer meat to the trading networks of Dudinka and Norilsk.
As EcoTourism Expert came to know, the equipment (six snowmobiles and four outboard motors) was purchased at the request of the communities within the framework of the activities of the Coordination Council of the company on interaction with the indigenous peoples of the North.
“All of them (the communities) are engaged in traditional economic activities. They are hunters and fishermen. Their fishing points are located far from the regional center - the city of Dudinka. Therefore, this equipment is extremely necessary for them,” said Anfisa Nikiforova, Head of the direction for work with the indigenous peoples of the North of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, and the First Vice President of the Association of Indigenous Minorities of the North of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
Nornickel will invest 2 billion rubles in support programs for the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North. The company has allocated an additional 100 million rubles for preparations for the winter season, as well as for the purchase of snowmobiles and outboard motors.
Snowmobiles will be given not only to communities, but also to remote Taimyr villages. Two vehicles will go to Ust-Avam and Volochanka at the end of November and will be used for the needs of the population. With the help of snowmobiles for villagers, they will deliver mail from helicopters, transport patients on ambulance flights, and even conduct search operations for those who have lost their way in the tundra.
One of the snowmobiles will go to the Volochansk tundra to the farm of the chairman of the family (clan) community "Muora" (Tundra) Elena Fedoseyeva. The community employs her three adult sons and her husband. Old equipment has been in operation for a long time and needs to be updated. Thus, a generous gift is worth its weight in gold and very useful.
“We really need such snowmobiles, of course. At the moment, my sons have very worn out equipment. We are very pleased that a new snowmobile has appeared in our community thanks to the Nornickel company. We will drive it to the village of Volochanka, and from there to the tundra, where my sons and spouse will be engaged in the fishing and hunting wild reindeer,” Elena Fedoseyeva thanked the company.
Earlier, Nornickel also allocated funds for the purchase and delivery of the Sever airboat for the Agapa indigenous minority community in preparation for the winter hunting and fishing season.
Since 2020, Nornickel has been implementing a five-year program to support the indigenous peoples of Taimyr with funding of 2 billion rubles. In 2021, this amount was increased by 100 million rubles. The program includes 42 projects aimed at protecting the original habitat and supporting the traditional activities of the indigenous peoples of the North: the construction of housing, new first aid stations, the purchase of special equipment, support for educational projects, the construction of cultural centers, etc. As part of the program in Taimyr the delivery of building materials for the construction of housing and social infrastructure in the villages has already started.
The first students from among the Taimyr youth, with the support of the company, completed a year of study at the Polar State University. In September, a new recruitment of students was completed. The company finances their travel to and from the place of study, accommodation and a scholarship. In addition, under the support program, seven young Taimyrs left without parental care received keys to apartments in Dudinka. In Avamskaya tundra, a study of the reindeer capacity of pastures for the development of reindeer husbandry was carried out.
The Coordination Council under the senior vice president of the company - head of the Norilsk division Nikolai Utkin has been operating since May 2021. Its task is to jointly implement the program to support the indigenous peoples of Taimyr. In total, 107 communities are registered on the peninsula, and 20 of them, conducting traditional activities in the territory of the Norilo-Pyasinskaya water system basin, are members of the council.
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