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justslowdown:

“The typical coastal Huskies of the aboriginal Chukotka” or Chukchi people, and “Volʹnica of the village of Lawrence. 1990. Photo B. Wide” is some of the translation. Posted on Facebook by Борис Широкий 

Doesn’t the one up top look like my Siberian husky/sheltie Kai? That’s what caught my eye.

The Chukchi indigenous sled dogs are what modern Siberian huskies descend from, and are much more varied in appearance and purpose. It is only through Western breeding that they have become a single-purpose working dog with a very distinctive breed type. I’ve found some historical text references that Chukchi dogs, like most laika types from other areas, were used not only for sled-pulling but also for camp guarding, for reindeer herding, and for hunting. 

Nenets herding laika –> Samoyed is another transition from a diverse, multipurpose Indigenous working breed to a drastically narrowed gene pool, appearance, and instincts via Western breeding practices. I’ll dig up some pictures and resources and make another post. 

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