Russia removes critical voices ahead of Arctic Council chairmanship, claims Indigenous peoples expert
Russia highlights the Arctic as territory of dialogue, but a recent court order in Moscow might indicate that not everyone
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Russia shuts down Arctic Indigenous rights group
Director of the group, Rodion Sulyandziga, says Russia’s goal with the shutdown is to keep indigenous peoples outside any international,
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Finland’s indigenous Sámi score victory in fishing dispute
The District Court of Finnish Lapland has overturned all charges of illicit fishing against four Sámi men from Utsjoki, the
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Finnish gov pulls bill to ratify convention on Indigenous peoples’ rights
The Juha Sipilä administration has withdrawn draft legislation from the Finnish Parliament that would strengthen Sámi rights. The cabinet said
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Inuk woman ‘begging and pleading’ for help fighting tuberculosis in northern Canada
Bernice Clarke’s mother died in 2015. She was sick with tuberculosis and succumbed to complications resulting from treatment. Now, three
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Legal battle over hunting and fishing in Sweden’s far north
A legal battle between the Swedish state and a Sami community in the far north is heading to the Supreme
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Appeal court: Samis have ‘better right’ than Swedish state to control hunting and fishing on its land
The appeals court has given the Girjas Sami village the right to control hunting and fishing permits on its reindeer
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Blog – In debate over Alaska drilling, two Indigenous representatives clash
Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a five-hour hearing on drilling in the Arctic
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When US Senators listen to Arctic voices, only some resonate
Eleven Alaskans testified before the U.S. Senate Energy Committee on Thursday — for and against drilling in the Arctic National
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Alaska Native groups and leaders double down on criminal justice reform
Two years ago, Greg Razo took a trip to the state prison in Nome. Razo, who is Yup’ik, was shocked
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State Attorney General says all 229 Alaska tribes are sovereign
Last week, on the second day of this year’s annual AFN gathering in Anchorage, another significant announcement regarding the relationship
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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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Inuit leaders want Ottawa to ‘reimagine’ relations: Obed
A month after the signing of a landmark Inuit-Crown partnership declaration, Canada’s Inuit leaders will be watching closely the release of
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Treatment of Sami people among Swedish shortcomings : Amnesty International report
Sweden is once again criticized by Amnesty International for its treatment of Romani and Sami peoples and its tightening of
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Presbyterian Church formally apologizes to Alaska native people for denouncing culture
At 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 8, 2017 in Utqiagvik, an apology from the head of the Presbyterian Church will be
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