Irina Lagunina: At the end of September, the Baikal-24 information portal said that “according to the results of the All-Russian census in the Khabarovsk Territory, representatives of 32 indigenous peoples have a total number of almost 24 thousand people, while for Nanai, Ulchi, Evenks, Nivkhov, Evens, Udegeans, Negidals and Ortsa, the region is a historical birthplace.” And that is why the regional authorities adopted the program “Economic and Social Development of the indigenous peoples of the