Ecological camps for children of indigenous peoples of the North: background and prospects

¹ Institute for Humanitarian Research and Problems of Minorities of the North SB RAS, Petrovskogo St. 1, Yakutsk, 677027, Russia
² M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, Lenin Ave. 2, Yakutsk, 677000, Russia

^* Corresponding author: seva_may@mail.ru

Abstract

To organize any environmental camp, it is necessary to find its prerequisites, from which the goals and objectives of the camp are established. Since 2000 up to the present time in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) nomadic camps - temporary educational organizations during summer days for children living in remote, hard-to-reach settlements of the Arctic, where indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North live. The article deals with the process of creating the first ecological camps for children of the indigenous peoples of the North - Evens, as well as the development and search for optimal options for new forms of temporary children's groups during the summer vacation days in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) for environmental education, rational nature management, teaching the native language and culture, including traditional economic activities of the peoples of the North. Experience has shown that the nomadic ethno-ecological camp is a new form in the field of environmental education. During the camps' activities, various technologies and methods were applied with the direct participation of conservationists and educators in the field of ecology and biology.