Alkman at Friday, April 03, 2009 2 comments: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 The Khanty People . Khanty / Hanti (obsolete: Ostyaks ) are an endangered indigenous people calling themselves Khanti, Khande, Kantek (Khanty), living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug , a region historically known as " Yugra " in Russia , together with