Тоонто Нютаг Homeland

Abstract

This digital project explores and examines the declining language and culture of the Buryat people of Siberia, Russia. For hundreds of years, the Buryat people were made up of independent tribes that lived nomadically in the Eastern Steppe. The colonialism of the Russian Empire and establishment of the Soviet Union introduced a century of cultural and linguistic oppression in Buryatia. Utilizing interactive maps, timelines, and galleries, this project aims to answer the following questions: Who are the Buryat people, what has caused their language and culture to decline, and what action is being taken to preserve it