Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

==== Reindeer herding project at the mouth of the Mackenzie River from 1931 ====
3 families from Kautokeino traveled to the northern coast of [[Canada]], to the area where the [[Mackenzie River]] flows into the sea, near the present-day town of [[Inuvik]], which was founded later in 1953. The group totaled 10 people.<ref name="ooj">{{Cite book |last=Johansen |first=Dag Ove |title=Landet Bakom |publisher=Bondens Forlag |year=2022 |isbn=978-82-90044-36-2 |edition=2 |location=Rognan}}</ref> The purpose of this project, too, was to introduce reindeer herding and secure a stable food supply for the local population.<ref name=ooj/> Two of the families returned to Kautokeino after 5 and 7 years, while one family remained in Canada, and their descendants continued reindeer herding in the area until recently.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rensberg |first=Vaino Natasha |date=2015-11-06 |title=Tonje Blomseth vurderte å flytte til Canada for å overta 4500 rein |url=https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/tonje-blomseth-vurderte-a-flytte-til-canada-for-a-overta-4500-rein-1.12638813 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=161&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> The reindeer were sourced from [[Alaska]], and the chief herder who led the reindeer from Alaska to the mouth of the Mackenzie River was Anders Bær, born in the mountains between Kautokeino Municipality and [[Karasjok Municipality]], with a father from Kautokeino.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=145&searchText=anders%20b%C3%A6r |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> He had emigrated to Alaska in 1898. The journey from Alaska to the mouth of the Mackenzie River took 5 years, from 1929 to 1935. Anders Bær earned the nickname "the Arctic Moses" after leading the reindeer to Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-16 |title=Remembering 'The Arctic Moses' {{!}} Viking Fest |url=https://www.kitsapdailynews.com/news/remembering-the-arctic-moses-viking-fest/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Kitsap Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref>