Nenet Family in Yamal Peninsula

Nenets indigenous family on an asphalt road.

The Nenets are an indigenous people in Northwest Siberia, Russia. They lead nomadic lives and relocate with their reindeer approximately every week. While Nenets men herd the reindeer, fish and hunt, women are in charge of the housekeeping in traditional nenets tents (chums). Their clothes are made of reindeer fur and are handmade by the women.

Environmental damage to the Nenets' ancestral land is significant due to industrialisation of their land and climate change.