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Environmental Fund

 

The Chinggis Khan Foundation (CKF) partners with different organizations to support environmental and ecological projects such as:

The Totem Peoples Preservation Project, developed by the non-profit organization Cultural Survival, is an international initiative dedicated to supporting the sustainability of indigenous nomadic cultures, their totem livestock and their ecological habitats in Eastern Siberia and northern Mongolia, by providing direct aid to the Tsaatan, nomadic herders. CKF’s donations are utilized to procure vitally needed veterinary medicines and expertise in the field for artificial insemination to improve breeding stock of threatened reindeer, and to continue herder training for livestock management of value to native, nomadic herders. CKF is working to develop a craft center in the tsaatan areas to assist the local groups in broadening their economic base and expanding responsible tourism activities. For additional information click here

Smithsonian Museum’s Hobsgol Deer Stone project under the direction of Dr. William Fitzhugh, National Museum of Natural History to discover the dating and meaning of the steles and the history of reindeer herding in Mongolia. CKF has been a sponsor for the annual archaeological trips. click here

 

 

Dr. A. Campi at the Reindeer Farm

Deer Stones in Hovsgol

Tsaatan (Reindeer Herders) Village

 

 

 

 

Q: Where was Chinggis Khan buried?

A: The burial site remains undiscovered.

In the Secret History of the Mongols Chinggis asked to be buried in an unmarked spot. After he died while at war in China, his body was returned to Mongolia, presumably to his birthplace in Hentii aimag, where many assume he is buried somewhere close to the Onon River. According to legend, the funeral escort killed anyone and anything that crossed their path, to conceal where he was finally buried. Other tales state that his grave was stampeded over by many horses, and then trees were planted over the gravesite to obscure it. The Mongolian people today do not want his grave discovered or disturbed.

 
 
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