The Roster Identity and Live Life of Aborigines of the Russian North

Abstract

The article analyzes the rosters that state authorities approve for regulating the legal status of indigenous peoples of the North. The author discusses controversies arising from the unsettled state of the question on criteria for relating a person to the category of indigenous numerically small peoples of the North. Special attention is paid to the decisions of the Supreme Court. The case of status defi nition for the Inuvialuit of Canada is taken into consideration.