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Russia: Sami fight for their lives
December 2006
The Sami people's traditional way of life has been under assault for decades as they have been gradually forced off arctic Russia's fertile tundra grazing-land and into artificially created towns.
 Read the article
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Canada: Top court upholds aboriginal logging rights on Crown land
December 2006
The Canadian Supreme Court has recognized Aboriginal rights by ruling in a unanimous judgment that native people have the right to log Crown lands for personal use.
Read the article
Read the statement from the Assembly of First Nations |
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Canada: New report on Inuit well-being
September 2006
The report "The Well-Being of Inuit Communities in Canada" has just been published.
Read the report
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Arctic: Study looks at wellbeing of Native children in the Arctic
September 2006
A new study looks at the wellbeing of Native children in Alaska and other Arctic areas. Researchers worked with indigenous groups to craft a survey that could accurately capture the happiness of people living in the Arctic. The teams came up with several important measurements, including access to traditional food, health care and the importance of family.
Read more
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Norway: Saami in charge of the Finnmark
July 2006
On 30 June 2006 representatives for the Norwegian state handed over the ownership of the land in Finnmark County - a landmass in Northern Norway of the size of Switzerland and with a calculated value of 35 billion Norwegian kroner (USD 5,56 billion). This is the result of long time struggle and a great achievement on the path to Saami rights.
Read the article in Aftenposten
Read more about the Finnmark act
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Alaska: The impact of climate change on indigenous peoples
June 2006
Indigenous peoples in Alaska see their identities, their lifeways and their cultures endangered through climate change.
Read the article on LJWorld.com
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Sweden: Sami People to court for land rights
May 2006
Several Samis have made application for summons to the courts against The Kingdom of Sweden for recognition of Sami land rights. At the moment there are 12 court cases in Sweden concerning Sami land rights – and more cases are being filed by Sami against the State of Sweden.
Read more on the Sami People's website
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Russia: Indigenous peoples in Russia
May 2006
April 17, 2006 the Russian government issued a new decree with a new and enlarged list of officially recognised indigenous peoples of the "Russian North, Siberia and the Far East". The list includes 40 peoples.
See the list of officially recognised indigenous peoples of the "Russian North, Siberia and the Far East"
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Nuuk, Greenland: Inuit ask Europeans to support its seal hunt and way of life
March 2006
Inuit in Greenland are alarmed at reports in European capitals that some governments are contemplating legislation restricting sealskin imports.
Read ICC's press release
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Canada election: Low representation of indigenous peoples
January 2006
The result of the resent federal election in Canada shows that only a few Aboriginal peoples have been elected as MPs. Zebedee Nungak from Canada's National Aboriginal News Source, Windspeaker, suggests that "This election's results should unite the Indian, Inuit and Metis people of Canada in one great drive to persuade this particular Parliament to tackle a major reform in its make-up: That of getting the nation's Aboriginal peoples properly represented in Parliament."
Read Zebedee Nungak's article on the Canadian election. You can also visit Windspeaker's website at: http://www.ammsa.com/windspeaker/index.htm |
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