What a Saami-led project in Arctic Finland can teach us about Indigenous science
A successful Saami-led, salmon rewilding project on the Näätämö river in Arctic Finland illustrates the success of partnership between Indigenous
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Canada’s Inuit make voices heard on Arctic shipping routes
For the first time, Inuit communities are making recommendations to the Canadian government about how they want ships to move
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Constitutional challenge mounted for Indigenous man charged with illegal caribou hunting in Atlantic Canada
Innu Nation hunters who are in provincial court in Labrador, Atlantic Canada this week are making a constitutional challenge against
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Southern Inuit in Atlantic Canada renew call for hunters to refrain from George River caribou harvest
With animal numbers continuing to plummet, the council representing southern Inuit in the Canadian region of Labrador is continuing its
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Dene Nation chief fears fatal disease affecting northern caribou
Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya is calling for an emergency meeting with the federal and territorial governments to discuss the
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Inuit in Atlantic Canada call for stop to George River caribou harvest
The government representing Inuit in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador is calling for a hard stop to
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Thousands of bear tags are sold each year in northwest Canada, so why are so few hunted?
Hundreds of Yukoners are buying seals every year allowing them to hunt bears when they have no intention of actually
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Satellite imagery illuminates ice conditions around communities in Canada’s east-Arctic
Inuit in Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk and Gjoa Haven, in the territory of Nunavut, are getting a clearer picture of sea-ice
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First Nation bans Indigenous harvest of declining caribou herd in northern Quebec
The Cree Nation Government has voted in favour of a ban on Cree hunters harvesting caribou from the George River
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Quebec wildlife officers seize caribou intended as gift to northern First Nation
Wildlife officials in Quebec have seized a caribou that was intended to be given as a gift between Indigenous governments
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Ottawa considers listing Labrador caribou herds as at-risk species
Conservation officials are trying to figure out how to reverse dwindling caribou numbers in Labrador, in Canada’s Maritimes, without impeding
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Communities in Canada’s east-Arctic say Inuit lives need to be protected over polar bear population
In communities along the west coast of Hudson Bay, Nunavummiut are both scared and angered by the increasing number of
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Elk hunting season increasingly bringing hunters and joggers in same areas in Finland
Elk hunting season in Finland began on Saturday, 13 October and runs through 31 December, with 54,653 hunting permits issued
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Indigenous Cultural Tourism: How the North is learning from community success in southern Canada
The successes of cultural tourism in Canada’s southern Aboriginal communities are providing an important roadmap for development of Indigenous cultural
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Hunters push to end Sweden’s ban on bow hunting
Bow hunting was banned in Sweden in the 1930s. Now though, there’s a proposal to follow neighbouring Denmark and bring
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