What a landmark ruling for the Sámi people in Finland means for the protection of Indigenous rights globally
In October 2024, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) issued a landmark decision ...
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The Race for the Arctic Is Undermining Indigenous Rights
The Arctic region is becoming a theater for competition between states over its resources and geopolitical advantages. This ...
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Russian academicians encourage Murmansk Region to introduce Sami classes at schools
The surveyed stressed two subjects - Native Language and Literary Reading in Sami should be taught in primary school, according to the Russian national educational standards. In the literary sense ...
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Sami studies
Approximately 50,000 to 100,000 Sami people live in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia. Some live outside the actual Sami regions, for example in capital cities. Sami studies is also focused on ...
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Green energy projects adding to Sami people's climate woes: Amnesty
"Climate change threatens the culture and existence of the Sami indigenous people in two ways," it said ... open spaces of Arctic Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden. The report -- entitled ...