Blog – Trudeau’s Yukon plan: funding another road to nowhere
The past few years have been good for the Canadian road-building industry in the Arctic. In 2011, former Prime Minister
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Indian Agent, the Alaska band reclaiming Indigenous voices
In the 1800s, the U.S. government hired non-indigenous people known as Indian agents to interact with and work to assimilate
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Man banished from Alaska Indigenous community for bootlegging
BETHEL — The tribal government in the village of Akiak this month banished the husband of a teacher, accusing him
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U.S. federal scientist says Arctic climate work cost him position
A former policy adviser at the Interior Department said the Trump Administration has retaliated against him for warning about the dangers
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Parasite in uncooked walrus meat made ten Alaskans sick, says health protection agency
The first sign came when a teenage girl from Gambell ended up in the hospital last summer. She was having
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Sami group occupies island in northern Finland to protest fishing rules
Government control over fishing rights in the Tenojoki, or Tana river in Utsjoki has been contested both by the Constitutional
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Blog: In the Arctic Ocean, an Alaska Native corporation seeks to fill void left by Shell
When Shell aborted its $7 billion Arctic drilling efforts in the Beaufort Sea in September 2015, environmentalists breathed a sigh
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Canadian proposal on heavy fuel oil in Arctic adopted by world maritime body
The United Nations’ specialized agency that regulates maritime shipping has adopted a Canadian proposal to begin the process of developing
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Blog: Explosions in the Arctic: mining gravel in Alaska
On the Fourth of July in the United States of America, fireworks and explosions galore. That means the time is ripe
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Injustices against Sámi, Kven peoples to be examined by commission in Norway
The establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission can start as the majority of the Norwegian Storting decides to examine
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Sámi concerned about Arctic railway plans
Tiina Sanila-Aikio says no Sámi people have been invited to discuss the new Rovaniemi-Kirkenes railway that will run straight through
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Political support for Norwegian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
New light will be shed on repression against Sámi and Kven minorities as the Norwegian Parliament supports the establishment of
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With Trump administration intentions unclear, Alaskans might have to fill the void on Arctic policy
For the rapidly warming Arctic, where people may be anxious about climate change, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last week had some soothing words.
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Climate change exacerbates mental health problems in Labrador’s Inuit communities
Climate change is causing tremendous pain and distress in Inuit communities in northern Labrador, compounding already complex mental health issues
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Blog: Arctic Council continues to defy pessimism
On May 11th, the Arctic states and Indigenous Permanent Participants met in Fairbanks for the tenth Arctic Council Ministerial. Ministerial
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