Humanities & Social Sciences 1 (2015 7) 114-129 ~ ~ ~ УДК 304.444, 314.1 (571.511) + 314.1 (571.512) The Method of Expert Interview as an Effective Research Procedure of Studying the Indigenous Peoples of the North Natalia M. Libakova and Ekaterina A. Sertakova* Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 13.04.2014, received in revised form 21.05.2014, accepted 30.06.2014 This article analyzes the concept of “indigenous peoples”, as well as the concept of indigeneity that was formed in cultural studies and that implies a specifi c approach to the study of ethnic cultures in their self-suffi ciency. <...> This article discusses the possibility of applying this method in studies of indigenous peoples of the North to the material collected by scholars, masters and students of Siberian Federal University during an expedition to the north of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. <...> The work was performed as a part of the research funded by the Krasnoyarsk Regional Fund of Support for Scientifi c and Technological Activities, as well as within the research plan of SibFU following the instructions of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. <...> Keywords: indigenous peoples, indigenous peoples of the North, ethnic identity, cultural studies, research procedures, method of expert interview. <...> Research area: culture studies. of At present the study of indigenous peoples the North is one of the central themes in various social sciences and humanities. <...> The fi rst is that in the context of global transformations the infl uence of “big” cultures on indigenous peoples is constantly increasing and there is a need to preserve these “minor” cultures. (Berry, Dasen, Purtinga, Sigal 2007). <...> Secondly, the study of indigenous peoples` specifi cs and fi nding ways to preserve their unique cultures is particularly relevant in terms of industrial development of the North. © Siberian Federal University. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: sertachok@mail.ru # 114 # This is an active for both: domestic area of S.E. Mills, A. research and foreign scholars. <...> J.W. Fenelon, S.J. Murgua, M.B. Lane, M. Hibbard, M.L. Martello, Feldman, E.A. Korczak, N.A. Khrenov, F.H. Sokolova, S.V. Guzenina, N.P. Koptseva, V.I. Kirko, V.P. Krivonogov, N.I. Novikova, etc. made a signifi cant contribution to the study of indigenous <...>