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Stop romanticizing Arctic development say indigenous leaders

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, January 25, 2016 at 22:57 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 22:55
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TROMSO, Norway – Indigenous communities around the North are struggling economically and want development more than ever, as long as it’s done

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SAD, Sami & sanitation: Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, December 14, 2015 at 15:05 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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The Sami flag. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
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Sámi activists speak out at Finland independence ball

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 15:08 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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Two Sámi guests at the Independence Day ball on Sunday sported the number “169” on their bodies in symbolic defiance

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The jerseys the Kiruna club will wear in the coming season. (Lotta Myhrén / Sveriges Radio)
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Sweden: Arctic hockey team to wear rainbow jerseys all season in support of LGBT rights in sport

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, June 27, 2014 at 10:37
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Hockey players in Sweden’s Arctic city of Kiruna will be playing in rainbow colours next season in an outward show

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Map indicating where Inuit were relocated to in the 1950s. (Government of Canada)
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Web doc sheds light on Inuit relocation in Arctic Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2014 at 15:38 — Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2018 at 10:18
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The relocation of Inuit from northern Quebec to Canada’s High Arctic in the 1950s is one of the darkest episodes

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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