Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Dukha Dukhans or Duhalar (Mongolian: Цаатан Tsaatan) are a small Tuvan (Tozhu Tuvans) Turkic community of reindeer herders living in northern Khövsgöl Aimag of Mongolia.The North Taiga band was organized under the Qing Dynasty from 1755-1912 as part of Toja or Uriyankhai banner. With Mongolian independence in 1911 the banner became part of independent Tuva which was soon annexed by the Russians in 1944 leaving only North Taiga band on the Mongolian side of the frontier.
