In Ilin Shar Khödee, two significant wars emerged that completely destroyed the Jungar Khanate and the Öölds. Fleeing from the war, numerous Öölds fled along the Hash River basin, and a small number of people concealed themselves in the Tenger Mountain, leading to the prevalent saying of the pine tree man (mon. Hargai Hun), meaning those people became wild and fearful of encountering others. I also heard stories of the mountain man, which, in terms of Öölds history, is true to a certain extent. In 1964, Ili established a pasture in Khöngs, now known as Mes village, with newly imported livestock breeds and convened labour from all Ili regions. Recruited from Nilah County along with his parents, I moved to Khöngs among the Kazakhs for eight years, where I was educated in a Kazakh school. Like many Mongols in the region, I am more proficient in Kazakh than in the Mongolian language, given that only a Kazakh school operated in that area. Upon returning to Nilah County, we then settled in a village, constructed in 1982 and named Ulaan Bulag village, with people from several other Sums including Tsevegin Sum, Niichin Sum, Bajain Sum, Haldain Sum, Manjin Sum, and Doyaan Sum. Ulaan Bulag village was established in 1980, and I have been working for this village ever since its inception. The village initially consisted of 28 Mongolian households, which later resettled 40 Mongolian households from pastures along with another 100 Han Chinese migrants from the construction corps. As the head of the village, I was responsible for everything that a new village required, from electricity to road paving, water supply, etc. (discussed in detail in the video). Because Puntsug studied in a Kazakh school in Khöngs, he read extensively about history and various literature in Kazakh, Chinese, and Uyghur languages; for instance, he read the Kazakh translations of Lu Xun, Marx, and Leo Tolstoy. This video also explored how Kazakhs compete to claim Genghis Khan as their ancestor, not Mongols, in terms of the mother of Genghis Khan, Öölon Öjin as the Merged group. Thus, Kazakhs assert that Genghis Khan was born to a Kazakh mother. However, Puntsug observed in Kazakhstan that Kazakhs there do not unanimously believe that this is true, instead, those Kazakhs who came from China believe it. In addition to claiming entitlement to many customs from Mongols, they also contest pasturelands in Ili. Both Chinese from central China and Kazakhs from Russia stayed over Ili after the establishment of the PRC and they successfully claimed ownership from the government in 1983 when the privatisation policy was implemented. After the policy, an overwhelming number of people constantly flooded into the region squeezing our lands, and they would claim ownership if the policy changed in the future and would exile Mongols from Ili; it is a real danger. Not only are the people, economic, political, and cultural elements changing in this region, but nature and animal behaviour are also changing. In recent decades, many construction companies have built over fifteen dams along the Hash River, causing disastrous environmental changes and affecting the wild animals that depend on it. For example, a few years ago, all deer in this mountain migrated towards Khöngs and Kazakhstan. Then, a few years later, marmots, all migrated to other places. Considering Mongols in the Ili region, Puntsug, based on his experience, affirmed that Mongols are less assertive and always under the control of Kazakhs and Chinese. He believes this is because Mongols in Ili have less power than the other two. Kazakhs have their Kazakh autonomous prefecture of Ili, whereas the Chinese control the country, and no one would support Mongols in Ili administratively, politically, academically, or ethnically. Similarly, regarding natural resources, although Chairman Mao once stated that all minorities have the right to claim the resources on their land, this policy has now reversed, as all resources are for the Chinese, instead of any minorities.