reindeer herders

Arctic livestock keepers

Reindeer herders are people who raise and manage reindeer, typically as a traditional livelihood in Arctic and subarctic regions.

The practice is central to indigenous cultures like the Sami of Scandinavia and various Siberian peoples, involving seasonal migration with herds across tundra landscapes: The reindeer herders moved their animals to summer pastures.

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livelihood and subsistence strategy

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Land-cultivating occupation holders

plantation workers · factory workers · homesteaders · tenant farmers · office workers

settlement pattern and mobility

reindeer herderscity dwellers

People living in metropolises

townspeople · villagers · urbanites · suburbanites · permanent residents

relationship to animals

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Those who raise hogs

dairy farmers · ranchers · cattle ranchers

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