Alice and Dennis Bartels

Alice and Dennis Bartels, authors of 'When the North Was Red: Aboriginal Education in Soviet Siberia', discuss their extensive ethnographic research on Indigenous peoples of the Soviet Union. Topics include the differences between Soviet and North American Indigenous experiences, their own experience researching during the Cold War, changes in Soviet policy towards Indigenous peoples, and the resistance against industrial development in Siberia and Canada.

Alice and Dennis Bartels, authors of 'When the North Was Red: Aboriginal Education in Soviet Siberia', discuss their extensive research on the Indigenous peoples of the Soviet Union. They delve into the differences between their experience and the genocidal experience of Indigenous peoples in North America. Topics include living in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, the impact of neoliberal reforms after the Soviet Union's dissolution, and the experiences of Indigenous peoples in the Soviet Union.