Staffan Widstrand / Chukchi girl playing beside her family's Yaranga tent, Chukotka, Russia

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 / Nadia Takui, a Chukchi girl, dressed in a traditional reindeer skin Kerker, (knee length coverall) sitting at the edge of the polog (sleeping area) in a Yaranga (tent) at a reindeer herders' summer ca...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi family watching a movie on a notebook computer by candlelight inside a Yaranga (traditional tent) at a reindeer herder's camp. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, August 2013.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A Chukchi family watching a movie on a notebook computer inside a Yaranga (traditional tent) at a reindeer herder's camp. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, August 2013.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Vera Rakhtuvia, a Chukchi woman, relaxes by candlelight with her granddaughter, Susha, in the polog (sleeping area) inside the family's Yaranga (tent) at their summer camp. Iultinsky District, Chukotk...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / At the end of the Chukchi Festival of Young Reindeer', Rita Votgyrgina, collects small stones to place on burial mound (Melgynvyn) where the powdered bones of sacrificed reindeer are buried, close to...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nadia Takui, a Chukchi girl, dressed in a new Kerker (reindeer skin coverall) stands by a ritual fire at the entrance of a Yaranga (tent) at the start of the Chukchi 'Festival of the Young Reindeer' a...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Lidiya, a Chukchi woman, inside her Yaranga (tent) near Amguema. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, August 2013.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / In the evening of the first day of the Chukchi 'Festival of the Young Reindeer', Tamara plays her family's sacred drum in their Yaranga (tent). The Chukchi believe that the sounds of the drum calms th...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / After waking up in the morning, Yaroslava Votgyrgina, a Chukchi girl, sticks her head out of the polog (sleeping area) in a Yaranga (tent) at a reindeer herders' summer camp. Iultinsky District, Chuko...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nadia Takui, a Chukchi girl, dressed in a traditional reindeer skin Kamleika (parka) reads a magazine at the front of the polog (sleeping area) in a Yaranga (tent) at a reindeer herders' summer camp....