Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi girls, with their family's ancestral clan mark painted in reindeer blood on their face, a ritual during the Chukchi 'Festival of the Young Reindeer' during which young reindeer are sacrificed....

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / The skins and meat from sacrificed young reindeer adorns the inside of a Chukchi Yaranga (tent) during the 'Festival of the Young Reindeer'. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Young girl Nadia Takui eating specially prepared ritual food, including dried reindeer intestine and a sausage made from chopped reindeer meat and fat, during the Chukchi 'Festival of the Young Reind...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / The men and children of the family place specially prepared food on the ground for the spirits during the Chukchi 'Festival of the Young Reindeer' during which young reindeer are sacrificed. Iultinsk...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ritual objects carved from Walrus ivory (circa 1000 BC - 1000 AD) Bering Strait, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2004.