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Sámi-themed Finnish short film makes Sundance lineup

5 December 2018 Yle News 0 Comments film, indigenous, Saami, Sami, Sundance

The Finnish short dance film Eatnanvuloš lottit (“Birds in the Earth”, 2018) by Sámi artist and director Marja Helander has

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Indigenous Sámi community weighs in on Finland’s truth and reconciliation process

26 October 201826 October 2018 Yle News 0 Comments indigenous, reconciliation, Saami, Sami

Over the summer months, the Office of the Prime Minister organised a series of 29 hearings across the traditional northern

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Video – Arctic LGBT communities meet in northern Norway for Pride parade

1 October 2018 The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments gay, gay pride, Kirkenes, LGBT, Saami, Sami

Russian, Norwegian, Sámi and Finnish LGBT communities met in Kirkenes, Arctic Norway for the second year in a row

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Saami Council says planned Arctic railway threatens reindeer herders

24 September 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments indigenous, rail, reindeer, reindeer herding, Saami, Saami Council., Sami, tourism, transport, wildlife

A railway will affect the income and existence of the reindeer herding communities in the entire area from Rovaniemi in

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Gold mining in northern Finland hurts reindeer, says Natural Resources Institute

19 September 201821 September 2018 Yle News 0 Comments animals, indigenous, Lapland, mining, natural resources, nature, reindeer, reindeer herding, Saami, Sami

Gold mining in Lapland (northern Finland) is causing more ecological problems than a local association has reported, according to the

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Budget cuts threaten international Sámi language cooperation

21 August 201829 October 2018 Yle News 0 Comments indigenous, indigenous languages, Saami, Sami, Sami Giellagáldu

The central organisation for coordinating all issues related to the indigenous Sámi languages in the Nordic countries may not be

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Longread – The quest to turn Norway’s Arctic coast into Northern Europe’s wind power hub

13 July 201813 July 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Berlevag, Davvi, energy, Finland, Finnmark, fuel, hydrogen, Infrastructure, Kjøllefjord, Raggovidda, Rastegaisa, reindeer, reindeer herding, Renewables, Sami, ST1, Varanger Kraft, wind power

The big winds that come in from the Barents Sea carry flush green power and profits. But developers are held

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Blog – Sámi school preserves reindeer herders’ heritage with help of internet

20 June 201822 June 2018 Mia Bennett 0 Comments Calotte Academy, education, Finland, indigenous, Language, Lapland, Norway, reindeer herding, Russia, Saami, Sami

In my previous post, I wrote about how a Concorde jet and Chinese tourists have irrevocably changed Lapland in the

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Blog – In Santa’s hometown, are tourism and a railway threatening Sámi culture?

18 June 201819 June 2018 Mia Bennett 0 Comments Arctic railway, business, China, indigenous, Lapland, reindeer herding, Rovaniemi, Saami, Sami, Santa Claus, tourism, travel

Located just a few kilometers to the south of the Arctic Circle, the unassuming Finnish city of Rovaniemi does not

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Arctic Indigenous food culture takes the day at international cookbook awards

31 May 20181 June 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic Council, Association of World Reindeer Herders, caribou, EALLU, food, Gourmand International Cookbook Awards, Inuit, reindeer, Saami, Sami, Siberia

A book showcasing the recipes of Indigenous peoples from across the Arctic took the day at the Gourmand International Cookbook

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Kids’ band booted from Finnish show over “racist” Indigenous costume

1 May 20181 May 2018 Yle News 0 Comments blackface, caricature, children, culture, Finland, Herra Heinämäki's Shed Orchestra, humour, indigenous, Native Americans, Pikku Kakkonen, racism, Sami, Télévision, tv, Yle

Producers at Finland’s public broadcasting company recently decided to remove inserts by the children’s music group “Herra Heinämäki’s Shed Orchestra”

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Legal battle over hunting and fishing in Sweden’s far north

19 February 201819 February 2018 Radio Sweden 0 Comments fishing regulations, hunting regulations, indigenous rights, justice, Sami, Sami hunting and fishing rights, Swedish Supreme Court

A legal battle between the Swedish state and a Sami community in the far north is heading to the Supreme

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Film exploring racism against Sami wins big at Swedish film awards

24 January 201824 January 2018 Radio Sweden 0 Comments Guldbagge, indigenous, movies, Sami, Swedish Film institute

“The Nile Hilton Incident” and “Sami Blood” took home gold at this week’s Guldbagge ceremony presented by the Swedish Film

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Roads deadly for reindeer in Arctic Sweden

24 January 2018 Radio Sweden 0 Comments Arctic environment, climate change, Lapland, Sami, transportation, wildlife

Twice as many reindeer have been killed on the roads in northern Sweden this month compared to the same period

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Norway and Sweden in quarrel over cross-border reindeer grazing

10 October 201710 October 2017 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Lapp Codicil, Sami

«The gras is always greener on the other side of the fence,» is a well know cliché. In Norway, Sweden