Editing Reindeer (section)

=== Indigenous Eurasians ===
Reindeer herding has been vital for the subsistence of several Eurasian nomadic indigenous peoples living in the circumpolar Arctic zone such as the [[Sámi people|Sámi]], [[Nenets people|Nenets]], and [[Komi peoples|Komi]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2016-09-01|title=Permafrost and indigenous land use in the northern Urals: Komi and Nenets reindeer husbandry|title-link=doi|journal=Polar Science|volume=10 |issue=3|pages=278–287 |doi=10.1016/j.polar.2016.07.002|issn=1873-9652|doi-access=free|last1=Istomin |first1=Kirill V.|last2=Habeck|first2=Joachim Otto|bibcode=2016PolSc..10..278I}}</ref> Reindeer are used to provide renewable sources and reliable transportation. In Mongolia, the [[Dukha people|Dukha]] are known as the reindeer people. They are credited as one of the world's earliest domesticators. The Dukha diet consists mainly of reindeer dairy products.<ref>Keay, Morgan G. "The Tsaatan Reindeer Herders of Mongolia: Forgotten lessons of ·human-animal systems" in ''Encyclopedia of Animals and Humans''.</ref>

Reindeer husbandry is common in northern [[Fennoscandia]] (northern [[Norway]], [[Sweden]] and [[Finland]]) and the [[Russian North]]. In some human groups such as the Eveny, wild reindeer and domestic reindeer are treated as different kinds of beings.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lavrillier|first=Alexandra|date=2020|title="Spirit-Charged" Humans in Siberia: Interrelations between the Notions of the Individual ("Spirit Charge" and "Active Imprint") and (Ritual) Action|journal=Arctic Anthropology|volume=57|issue=1|pages=72–99|doi=10.3368/aa.57.1.72 |s2cid=230507240|issn=0066-6939}}</ref>