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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 stating that Finland had violated the rights of the Sámi Indigenous people to ...
‘People are not props’: The Sámi reindeer herders fighting stereotypes to build ethical tourism
A new wave of positive-impact experiences in northern Finland is finally allowing the Sámi to benefit from the tourism boom.
How do you save a language from extinction? With creative thinking—and some help from Wikipedia
In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, ...
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GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: A call to protect uncontacted Ayoreo
A global coalition of Indigenous rights advocates is urging the Paraguayan government and international community to take ...
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The move reflects an increased focus on Indigenous art practices in museums around the world
The Northern Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara—who explores political and ecological issues affecting the Sámi and Indigenous communities ... home to around 50,000 Sámi people, is divided between ...
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What a landmark ruling for the Sámi people in Finland means for the protection of Indigenous rights globally
The Sámi are a semi-nomadic Indigenous people who practice traditional reindeer herding in northern Europe. Their traditional territory, Sápmi, extends throughout parts of Sweden, Norway ...