Chuner Mikhailovich Taksami (; 23 February 1931 – 27 February 2014)Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography: The Museum and its directorsDepartment of Ethnography in Siberia, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography: Chuner Mikhailovich Taksami Chuner Taksami's obituary was a Russian ethnographer of Nivkh origin and had a Doctor of Historical Sciences attained in 1955.
Taksami was born in Kalma, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR.Kabo, V. R. (1998) The Road to Australia: Memoirs. Aboriginal Studies Press p227-8 He was a spokesman for the Nivkh and other Siberian peoples.Shternberg, Lev Iakovlevich and Bruce Grant. (1999) The Social Organization of the Gilyak. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p.189 digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/281/5/amna-082-01-0184.pdf pp.186-189 Taksami specialized in Siberian historical, archeological, and anthropological research. He was the Director of Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography in St. Petersburg, Russia from 1997 to 2001.St. Petersburg the shortest way to the Arctic - Saving Original Art As a Part of World Culture (2000)- Near East International Magazine After his museum tenure was over Taksami collaborated with professors from Chiba University organizing ethnolinguistic expeditions to Nivkh settlements in the lower Amur River basin and on northern Sakhalin. He published over 300 works, including books, journals, dictionaries, and contemporary problems of Asian Northern Peoples mostly in Russian. Additionally he chaired or was a council member of various Siberian associations.
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