A new DNA analysis of the mummies of historical Indigenous Yakuts reveals resistance to 17th-century Russian conquest.

Frozen Siberian mummies reveal how Indigenous Yakuts preserved their genetics, traditions and shamanism for centuries, ...

DANBURY -- In his 64 years Jon Turk has explored the Arctic by boat and dogsled; kayaked around Patagonia and Cape Horn; bicycled through Central Asia; and in an epic two-year journey, sailed and ...

An almost perfectly preserved shaman burial site dating back as far as the 18th century has been discovered in remote Siberia. In only the second-ever archaeological study in the Yakutia area of ...

Valentin has six fingers on his right hand. An abnormality, medics say; but for religious shamans living in Siberian wilderness along Russia’s Lake Baikal, having an extra digit signifies something ...

GORNO-ALTAYSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's first election for a supreme shaman has provoked uproar in the community of magical healers who are revered by Siberian tribes for their ability to mediate ...