Full Description
Reindeer-herding Ewenki hunters have lived in the forests of China's Greater Khingan Range for over three hundred years. They have sustained their livelihoods by collecting plants and herbs, hunting animals and herding reindeer. This ethnography details changing Ewenki ways of life brought first by China's modernization and development policies and more recently by ecological policies that aim to preserve and restore the badly damaged ecologies of western China. Xie reflects on modernization and urbanization in China through this study of ecological migration policies and their effects on relocated Aoluguya Ewenki hunters.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Ping Hao
Preface
Acknowledgments
Maps
Introduction
Chapter 1. Living with Ewenki Hunters
Chapter 2. The Culture of Reindeer Ewenki and Historical Settlements
Chapter 3. Ecological Migration Path
Chapter 4. Post-Migration Issues
Chapter 5. Aftermath and Future
Bibliography
Index
