Indigenous reindeer herders fear the drive towards a more sustainable economy is destroying their traditional way of life and identity in Sweden
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Sámi National Day – National day that falls on February 6th. This date was when the first Sámi congress was held in 1917 in Trondheim, Norway
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Sámi herders won back exclusive rights to hunting and fishing in their area of the Arctic – but that has led to heightened tensions between them and local Swedes
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Sweden has been criticized by the UN for failings when it comes to the rights of the indigenous Sámi people
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Supreme Court has granted Sámi in the far north the sole right to manage small-game hunting on its land – and not the Swedish state
8 votes -
'Will I have existed?' The unprecedented plan to move an Arctic city
14 votes