A policy of “Norwegianization” silenced the languages of Indigenous people and forced their children ... This week, the ...

The purpose of Norway's Sami Act is to make it possible for the Sami people in Norway to protect and develop their language, their culture and their community life. The first Sami Assembly ...

Across the globe, Indigenous peoples looking to protect their land ... should start an amendment of legislation to recognize Sami collective land rights. So I think these decisions are huge ...

Similarly, in Norway, the Sami Indigenous people successfully challenged wind farm licenses, which the country's Supreme ...

Photo (detail): Helga West When speaking to Sámi people it seems that for many Sámi, a good life is linked to the well-being of the environment. This text focuses on the Indigenous spirituality of the ...

I am keen to discuss with Joar my theory or opinion about the Sámi as an indigenous people, which I presume is fairly common in mainstream society and I believe contains a grain of truth. Our uniquely ...

The Sami are an Arctic Indigenous people whose traditional homeland stretches across Arctic Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia’s Kola Peninsula — a region they collectively refer to as Sapmi.

Countries like Australia and Canada are going back to their roots with Indigenous-owned or -focused tour companies, ...

Geneva (10 October 2024) - Finland violated the rights of Sámi Indigenous people to culture and land, by granting mineral exploration permits on their territory without an impact assessment or an ...

And just last week, two different U.N. committees found that Finland violated the rights of the Sámi by granting mineral ...