Abstract: The subject ofthe research is the indigenous education in various countries including Australia, Canada, Norway and the United States. The author of the article considers the foreign and Russian practices of indigenous education. The focus is made on the global experience of providing higher education to indigenous peoples of the North. The possibilities of modern Russian universities for the development of an internationally significant master's programs on indigenous education are examined. By analyzing the experience of the universities of Norway, USA, Australia, Canada and Russia, Sitnikova offers the challenge to develop relevant and dynamic master's programs in the field of education for the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East. The main research method used by the author of the article is the critical analysis of university programs and curriculum in the sphere of indigenous education. Theoretical review is completed with additional knowledge obtained by the author in the course of her field trips to the places of indigenous small ethnic communities in the Krasnoyarsk Region during the period of 2010 - 2015. As the main conclusion of the research, the author emphazies the need for particular recommendations to be made for federal and regional executive and legislative authorities, local government bodies, social organizations for indigenous peoples of the North and chiefs of university educational programs. The researcher suggests to develop and implement a new educational program that would be based on international standards of indigenous education at Siberian Federal University. 

Abstract: In the present article the principles of carrying out modern forsight research are considered. In introduction the forsight research place in a circle of other operations with forecasting of the future, such as is defined: forecasting, science fiction and planning. Advantages of forsight research before them as most scientific and reliable approach to anticipation of future scenarios of development of certain phenomena in mankind life are listed.The second section of article is devoted to the description of modern techniques of carrying out forsight research. The statistics of the most used Forsythe's methods according to data of the European research of 2007 is given, the short description and a scope of the most applied methods is the review of literature, the bibliometric analysis, Delfi-oprosa, critical technologies, a method of carrying out expert panels, brainstorming, development of scenarios of the future, SWOT analysis, etc. is submitted. The scheme of the most traditional combinations of several methods for carrying out complex forsight research is provided.The third section of article is devoted to creation of strategy of use of methods of forsight research for studying of social and anthropological systems and ethnic and cultural populations. The main method of research is the analytical and critical review of scientific sources. As a result of the review of methods of the forsight analysis a certain methodological strategy of forsight research of northern regions of the Russian Federation is offered. In this part that now culturological forsight researches are at a formation stage is fixed, some basic principles of methodological strategy of culturological forsight research are formulated. In addition in article the range of the existing forsight research methods which have to be applied to studying of ethnocultural systems is allocated. In particular, the importance of carrying out civil panels that distinguishes forsight research of ethnocultural system from other areas of its application is emphasized (politicians, the industries, economies, etc.). Also in article the range is offered those for carrying out expert panels on studying of the future of ethnocultural systems.

Abstract: Article offers research of picturesque and graphic works of the artist Rokuell of Kent regarding visualization in these works of a concept "North". The detailed review of "waves" of professional and spectator interest in R. Kent's creativity precedes researches: in the 1920th years the artist comes to the forefront in the American art, in the 1960th years becomes popular in the USSR, in the 1980th years to the artist the attention of the American audience comes back, in the present interest in R. Kent's creativity is maintained on the Internet. According to tasks researches gave a general characteristic to cycles of the works created by the artist during travel to Alaska (1918-1919) during travel to Tierra Del Fuego (1922-1923) and during travel to Greenland (1929, 1932-1933, 1935); representative works from these cycles – "Solar patches of light are analysed. Alaska" (1919), "Tierra del Fuego" (1922-1925), "November in Greenland" (1932-1933). The image of the Eskimo – the aboriginal of Greenland, formed in the graphics created by R. Kent is investigated. In addition in article art traditions and receptions, characteristic for works of the artist in general reveal. The main method - the philosophical and art criticism analysis of representative art texts. This method was developed by V. I. Zhukovsky and D. V. Pivovarov. Besides, the method of the description and analysis of works of art, the analysis of basic concepts was applied (including, Yu.S. Stepanova). Germenevtichesky methodological procedures, including interpretation and identification of the meanings put in work were applied to art texts of R. Kent. Scientific novelty of research is that works of the famous American artist R. Kent are considered from positions of the conceptual analysis. The works of art connected with northern subject are investigated. R. Kent's creativity is presented as the certain world outlook system of the artist of the XX century shown by means of visual means.