“…In accordance with Vitebsky ( , 2012, and other English-speaking scholars (e.g., Ulturgasheva, 2012Ulturgasheva, , 2014Ulturgasheva, , 2016, I have chosen to use the label 'Eveny' throughout this thesis to avoid confusion with the English word 'even.' identity and culture (Sirina, 2008;Ulturgasheva, 2012, p. 27, 58;Vitebsky, 2012;Vitebsky & Alekseyev, 2015b). These activities provide goals and values that continue to shape Eveny society and guide what many Eveny do on a day-to-day basis.…”