 iberia
has been for many centuries the homeland for more than one million
indigenous people. People who had managed to adjust their way of life to
the harsh conditions in this region. They had build up an existence as
hunter, shepherd, fisherman or farmer. Their struggle with the hostile
natural environment made them excellent survivallists. Their most
difficult battle however wasn't that with nature, but with the Russian
state who dominates them for almost three centuries now. Their story is
the same like many indigenous cultures all over the world, who suffered
the turbulent and cruel history of colonization. Arctic people from
other regions like Scandinavia, Greenland, Iceland, Canada and Alaska
have somehow managed to occupy a place in the capitalistic system. But
if these cultures will survive in the future is uncertain.
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