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Minister downplays environmental impact of planned mine in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 15, 2019 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2019 at 14:52
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Dumping of tailings into the Repparfjord on Norway’s Barents Sea coast will not be problematic in such a way that

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Norway sends song with Sami joik to Eurovision Song Contest

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 11, 2019 at 12:21 — Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2019 at 12:31
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KEiiNO, a Norwegian-Sami group mixing pop, electronica, dance and joik, was crowned as winner of the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix

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Finland’s indigenous Sámi score victory in fishing dispute

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 10:01 — Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2019 at 15:33
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The District Court of Finnish Lapland has overturned all charges of illicit fishing against four Sámi men from Utsjoki, the

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Controversial copper mine in Arctic Norway gets green light

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 14:07
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Indigenous Sami interests and environmental groups will appeal the Norwegian Government’s decision on Thursday to grant permission for controversial mine

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What a Saami-led project in Arctic Finland can teach us about Indigenous science

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2019 at 12:58 — Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 15:01
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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: 2022 Arctic Winter Games to be hosted in northern Alberta

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 15:53
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The 2022 Arctic Winter Games will be hosted by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, in northern Alberta (Canadian Prairies).

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Calls for more Indigenous protection in Sweden on Sami national day

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 11:08 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 13:11
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Wednesday is the Sami national day in Sweden, raising the profile of the indigenous group which lives across an area

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Inuit, Sami leading the way in Indigenous self-determination, study says

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 10:11 — Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2019 at 10:36
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Indigenous peoples across the globe have been pursuing greater control over their lands and lives and new research says two

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UN Committee blasts Finland over electorate ruling for Sami Parliament

Yle News
Posted: Friday, February 1, 2019 at 12:15 — Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2019 at 15:46
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The UN has criticised Finland’s administrative courts for adding 93 people to the electoral register for the Sami parliament against

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Finnish gov pulls bill to ratify convention on Indigenous peoples’ rights

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 12:58 — Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2019 at 11:43
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The Juha Sipilä administration has withdrawn draft legislation from the Finnish Parliament that would strengthen Sámi rights. The cabinet said

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Sámi-themed Finnish short film makes Sundance lineup

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 11:53
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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

Yle News
Posted: Friday, October 26, 2018 at 10:26 — Last Updated: Friday, October 26, 2018 at 11:53
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Over the summer months, the Office of the Prime Minister organised a series of 29 hearings across the traditional northern

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Featured General Highlights Norway SOCIETY Society 

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

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 1, 2018 at 14:37
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 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

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 24, 2018 at 14:26
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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

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 14:27 — Last Updated: Friday, September 21, 2018 at 15:40
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Gold mining in Lapland (northern Finland) is causing more ecological problems than a local association has reported, according to the

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