Part of the village of Kutana's 'year in review' exhibit at the yhyakh. A number of schoolchildren in Kutana partook in this photo voice project, documenting the unusual changes in climate and nature they notice in their hometown. Village of Kutana, 2019.

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Published: December 17, 2020

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Kathryn Yegorov-Crate

Kathryn Yegorov-Crate

Kathryn Yegorov-Crate is a Sakha heritage speaker and a Master’s candidate in the Department of Slavic & Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Kathryn holds a B.A. in International Studies and a B.A. in Slavic Languages & Literatures from Indiana University Bloomington. Her current research examines pan-Turkism and Turanism in contemporary Sakha identity formation, Central Asian migrant positionalities, and anti-immigrant populism in the Russian Federation.

Program attended: Online Internships

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