This discussion paper is authored by Vasilii Robbek, an Even leader and scholar from Republic of Sakha-Yakutia. It contains the English and Russian versions of the speech and presentation Prof. Robbek delivered at the World Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan in September 2005.
He had been invited by the Expo organisers as a part of the larger Snowchange delegation that included
- Vyacheslav Shadrin, Chief of the Council of Yukaghir Peoples, Sakha-Yakutia
- Darren King, Maori Scholar, Aoteoroa
- Apanui Skipper, Maori Scholar, Aoteoroa
- Tero Mustonen, Snowchange, Finland
- Kaisu Mustonen, Snowchange, Finland
Vasilii Robbek who passed away in 2010 was an Even scholar who was a talented linguist, an Even (Lamut) leader from Northeastern Siberia and the author of several of the Indigenous rights laws and decrees in the Republic and beyond.
The paper is available here.