INSROP infect indigenous peoples, because they, more than others, are closely related tothe nature by traditional livelihood and their way of life. The sami people http://www.grida.no/inf/news/news99/news128.htm
Extractions: On behalf of the Sami Parliament in Norway I would like to thank you at the GRID - Arendal for the invitation. I would also like to take the opportunity to congratulate you with the tenth anniversary and wish you all the best in the future with new challenges. It is an honour for me to reprecent the Sami Parliament and to precent the Sami point of view concerning the topic of the discussion. We , the Sami people in the Arctic have until recently believed that our nature, water, soil and air were clean and that the food we eat was healthy. But, as we all know there is scientific describtions of polluted nature and animals in the Arctic. The nature in the Arctic region is, because of the climatic conditions, vulnerable and difficult to clean and restore. Pollution in the Arctic will mainly infect indigenous peoples, because they, more than others, are closely related to the nature by traditional livelihood and their way of life. The Sami people, one of the indigenous groups in the Arctic, is a small group. We live scattered and our traditional way of life depends on harvesting of the natural rescources. Our health and social conditions are highly dependant on clean waters, soil and air. To day, we do not control and manage the health and environmental issues. It is of cource impossible to isolate the development views of the Sami community. In many cases, international and national development do have a bearing directly on Sami politics and policies.
Extractions: October 10 - 12, 2001 An initiative of the Sami Council and Grand Council of the Crees and concerned Indigenous Peoples The conference follows the intentions of the EU plan Northern Dimension and a joint statement by Canada and the EU on Northern Co-operation where high priority is given to sustainable management of natural resources, preserving biodiversity and issues of interest to the Arctic indigenous peoples affected by Northern Dimension policies. The conference will bring together international forest experts, deputies, representatives of indigenous peoples, environmental associations and officials. The conference is open to an international audience. The programme is structured to allow for a constructive multi-stakeholder dialogue. For the benefit of indigenous participants, pre and post meetings will be held outside of the regular conference programme. The Sami Council and the Grand Council of the Crees hereby invites you to an interesting and rewarding conference.
NATIVE-L Mailing List: EU And Indigenous Peoples/Nov 1996 National Federation of indigenous peoples of the Philippines, who stated that givingindigenous peoples control over Finland Cultural Autonomy for the sami? http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9612/0040.html
NATIVE-L (December 1994): Indigenous Peoples International Decade USA) Greenland Home Rule Government (Greenland) The Nordic sami Council (Finland).NORTH AMERICA World Council of indigenous peoples (Canada) Confederacy of http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9412/0106.html
Welcome To The Centre For Sámi Studies, University Of Tromsø Coordinates research on Sámi and indigenous peoples questions. Web publication, Sámi language and Category Reference Education Europe Norway University of Tromsø of law, University of Tromsø, has developed database of sami Law court workers andSámi organisations engaged in cooperation with indigenous peoples in the http://www.uit.no/ssweb/indexen.htm
Extractions: Order the report from the first phase of the project here Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Peoples and Globalisation The aim: to study the emergence and development of indigenousness at the international, national and local level. Centre for Sami Health Research The aim: Interdisciplinary research on health and social conditions and recruting reserachers. Indigenous Peoples' Research Network Articles and bibliographies Links Previous Events Indigenous politics, aspects of power and democracy
Extractions: Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples has its background in the evaluation of the Norwegian Program for Indigenous Peoples (UD Evaluation Report 8.98), White paper nr. 21 (1999/2000 Menneskeverd i sentrum), and the follow-up plan for the work with indigenous peoples in development assistance (UD 1999). After the second conference in the Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples, the Forum seems to consolidate its position as an arena for debates on Norwegian development policies and policies concerning indigenous peoples. It is important to continue these debates and discussions, in order to focus on different aspects in the strategies from the cooperating countries and Norway concerning indigenous peoples, and how this influences the capacity and ability of indigenous peoples to shape and control their own development.
TRN - The Taiga indigenous links and sami background material. here. Eurasia. The Red Book ofthe People of the Russian Empire Webedition of an atlas of minority peoples of http://www.taigarescue.org/the_taiga/ind_people.shtml
Extractions: Indigenous People The boreal region is home to a great number of indigenous peoples. Many of them live in forested areas. They are being increasingly confronted with the depletion of the natural resources that they depend on, weak rights of ownership, control and management of their traditional lands and a lack of political power resulting in a loss of traditional knowledge and social disruption. Industry is increasingly looking at indigenous land as a source of cheap raw material. There is often inadequate legislation to protect them. Forestry, mining and hydroelectric development causes environmental and cultural impact: sacred places are buried, the landscape is destroyed and poisoned which makes subsistent economy impossible for many communities. (see also mining and forestry on this homepage) In Canada over 80% of the indigenous communities are located in the forested areas. The rigidity with which both the Canadian government and industry have clung to their monopoly over the forest, and the negative implications of this attitude on the social, economic and environmental conditions of local aboriginal communities and adjacent forest lands, as lead to an increasing number of conflicts on the ground and in the courts. In Russia traditional knowledge is slipping away; there is no proper medical care, housing and food. Currently there are 26 distinct indigenous peoples in Siberia, ranging in numbers from under 200 (the Oroks) to as many as 34 000 (the Nenets).
TRN - News Update from the forest exploitation to indigenous peoples allows Canadian and the recognitionof indigenous rights, especially Siberia 200203-27 sami Court Case http://www.taigarescue.org/news_update/news.php?news_update=indigenous
UD - Norge Og Russland Engelsk indigenous peoples in the Barents Region. The indigenous peoples ofthe Barents Region comprise the sami, Veps and Nenets. We live http://odin.dep.no/ud/engelsk/publ/veiledninger/032001-990667/index-ram013-b-n-a
Extractions: The Ministry's homepage in English What's new The Ministry ... Contact Normal Print Language Indigenous peoples in the Barents Region The indigenous peoples of the Barents Region comprise the Sami, Veps and Nenets. "We live in four different countries, but there are many similarities in our cultures," says Anna Prakhova, who is both Sami and Russian. "We are spread over a large area and we have been influenced by our various countries histories and systems of government, but we have much in common. Together, we will find the way to a shared future," says Ms. Prakhova, head of the Working Group for Indigenous Peoples in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region. Norwegian and Russian Sami started their cooperation in 1988, when the Sami Council visited Murmansk oblast. This meeting took place in the wake of the famous Murmansk speech held in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev, then President of the Soviet Union. In his speech, Mr. Gorbachev foresaw closer cross-border cooperation in the North. "We will not let the government forget us," promises Ms. Prakhova. A Nenets folkdance group from Nelmin-Nos. Preserving the identity, culture and rights of indigenous peoples are among the main priorities of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples, established in May 2002.
Field Trip: Explore The Heritage Of Indigenous Peoples The sami people of Scandinavia, the Inuit of the Arctic regions, the Carib rain forestin South America these are among the many indigenous peoples of the http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/socstu/indigeno.htm
Extractions: SOCIAL STUDIES World History and Cultures Explore the Heritage of Indigenous Peoples The Inuit people survived the frozen Arctic north for centuries through a modest hunting and trapping lifestyle. Today, some Inuit writers have employed the most modern of technologies, the Internet, to tell about their culture and history . You can read about Nunavut , the lands inhabited by Inuit ancestors that in 1999 became a separate territory in Canada, and even see a map of it. Like the Inuit, the Sami people of Scandinavia have sought to regain land upon which their ancestors lived. In their Web site, these descendants of Europe's far north write of a history music From the far north, travel to sub-Saharan Africa to learn about the history and art of the Yoruba . These semi-independent peoples lived in highly complex kingdoms , but their way of life was vastly changed after many of their people were captured for the slave trade to the Western Hemisphere. By looking at their art and artifacts , you can see how the beliefs and ways of the Yoruba have been passed on until today.
Extractions: Centre Naturopa - Council of Europe Man and nature's symbiosis th century, colonisation and new ways of life have influenced Sami culture. These have resulted in the formation of diverse cultural groups characterised by different settlement areas and activities. The designations most known are Reindeer-herding Sami, Settled Inland, and Coast Sami. Nowadays these cultural features are less apparent as an increasing number of Sami are taking up non-traditional occupations. Nevertheless, reindeer-herding is still an important part of the Sami economy and the Sami people still retain much of their distinctive culture. Food habits, living conditions, employment or subsistence activities are some of the characteristics in which Arctic populations differ from others Thus, people live close to and in respect of the environment. Their life is intimately linked to local resources that provide a substantial proportion of energy and protein requirements, as well as most vitamins, essential elements, minerals, as well as spiritual connections to the environment.
Gender & Race In Media: Native American And Other Indigenous Peoples in the sami community, but, in addition, we report, in sami, on the we follow closelythe work of the World Council of indigenous peoples. RealAudio stream http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/GenderMedia/native_txt.html
Extractions: An "online resource created by yourth for youth" that maintains ongoing chats, links to streaming audio radio broadcasts, aboriginal news from the Canada, Australia, the US, and other places around the world. AYN hosts several other Web sites in the Cyberskins section including: Youth Driven, Redwire Magazine, Environmental Youth Alliance, Daybi, and Redhiphop.
Indigenous Peoples Web Resources Akan Social Organization; Amazigh Voice; Hadzabe peoples; indigenous peoples nongovernmental Associationof Gypsies/Romani International; The sami Council; sami in http://www.majbill.vt.edu/polisci/corntassel/add2984.html
Extractions: Indigenous Peoples Web Resources Indigenous publications Asia Central and South America North America ... Western democracies (other than US/Canada)] Back to IP mainpage General Indigenous Web sites Aboriginal Resources Aboriginal Studies American Indian sites (tribal government homepages etc) Arctic Circle Capucine's Native Resources Center for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research Center for World Indigenous Studies ... Indigenous Peoples Center for Documentation (doCIP) Indigenous Peoples and other cultures under threat Indigenous women's issues Indigenous Women's Network International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) Legislation affecting American Indians (updated weekly) Mandat International (NGO guide for upcoming conferences) Minorities at Risk Minority Rights Database Minority Rights Group International Native Web ... Sources on migration and ethnic relations (global diasporas) Survival International United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (search for "indigenous peoples" on this website) Uniting Indigenous Peoples of the Western Hemisphere Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization Indigenous Publications back to top exit to mainpage Aboriginal Youth Network (news on indigenous peoples in Canada) American Indian Culture and Research Journal Cultural Survival Quarterly Indian Country Today Native Americas journal ... Native American news (web-based) NativeLaw news digest (updated daily) Native Peoples magazine News from Indian Country Oklahoma Indian Times Red Ink: A Native American Student Publication ... Turtle Tracks (Newsletter for kids from a Native American perspective)
Arctic Council - Indigenous Peoples' Involvement Ritva Torikka from the sami Council mentions, the concern that indigenous peoples'knowledge is used as a political weapon, because there are not enough http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/NatResources/Policy/tennberg.html
Extractions: The Arctic Council, which was established in September 1996, will take over the activities of the AEPS. The final AEPS ministerial meeting will be held next summer in Norway. During the negotiations to establish the Council the rules of participation developed under AEPS were renegotiated and the role of indigenous peoples' organizations in the cooperation was discussed. Olav Schram Stokke described the proposal to establish the Arctic Council as "an institutional knot tying together the various-level cooperative processes in the Arctic. The proposal aims to merge two parallel processes in the Arctic: internationalization and transnationalization." These transnational processes include cooperation between scientists (International Arctic Science Committee, IASC), among indigenous peoples (Arctic Leaders Summit) and within the organization of local and regional governments in the Circumpolar North (the Northern Forum). Institutions such as the Arctic Council are interesting because of the constitutive rules that are created through institutionalization. Michel Foucault situated institutions within "the thin but entangling web of power relations." Power is a name that is given to the complex strategic situation in a society. At some particular time, power relations may be crystallized into a certain institution. Institutions are "the most readily definable macro-objects, grosser instruments for the finer, more elemental workings of power." Thus, it is a question of analyzing institutions from the standpoint of power and not from a standpoint of institutions.
Kiruna Declaration Of 17th Sami Conference commonly on samipeoples policy, which is based on nationally and internationallyaccepted judicial and political principles of indigenous peoples rights;; http://www.sub-arctic.ac.at/kirunadekl.htm
Extractions: Kiruna, Sweden, 28. -30.9.2000, 17th Sami Council Conference The Sami Council represents Sami-peoples head organizations from Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden. We want to remind, that we are one nation/people and the borders of nation states will not allowed to break our unity. We want to point out, that we have our own history, tradition, culture and languages. In addition, we note that we have inherited rights from our ancestors on land, water and natures resources. Nowadays, these rights have been admitted in the ILO Convention 169 and UNs agreements of rights of citizenship and political rights. We reveal that the Sami, like other people, have the right of self-determination. Based on this right, which includes, i.e. rights of citizenship and political rights of UNs agreement, we have the right to decide our own political, economical, social and cultural developement, based on our own needs and traditions; We declare, that we continue cooperation with all worlds indigenous people on local, regional, national, and international level, promoting freedom and rights of indigenous people, using methods which are internationally accepted and admitted standards of international human rights and principles. We declare, that the Murmansks16th Sami Council Conference declaration (Murmansk Declaration) still is the base of our cooperation.
General Information As a step in the efforts to promote sami research and indigenous peoples research,the University of Tromsø, the sami College and the Nordic sami Institute http://www.nsi.no/urfolksnett/english/general.htm
Extractions: General background information the University of Tromsø the Sami College and the Nordic Sami Institute have joined forces to establish a research network. It will be possible to expand the network later to include other institutions. The Research Council of Norway is providing funding for the establishment and operation of the network. Initially, the collaboration will focus on Sami research, but the idea is to expand the network to embrace research on, by and for the benefit of other indigenous peoples as well. The primary network framework will be research on the situation of the Sami and/or other indigenous peoples, with particular emphasis on their efforts to safeguard their economic bases, their cultures and their integrity as a people. In time, it is hoped that it will be possible to develop this programme into a research programme for indigenous peoples. Ole Henrik Magga of the Sami College has been appointed research manager on a half-time basis. The network is a direct result of a seminar organised on 20 and 21 October 1997. The seminar report is available from the secretariat or the research manager upon request. Objective The network is interested in having contact with all researchers working on issues of relevance to indigenous peoples. The network will also help generate more information about the Sami community and about indigenous peoples in general in an effort to promote equality among peoples.
Indigenous Peoples Inuit Circumpolar Conference and the sami Council position on the EarthCharter The Inuit Circumpolar Conference, which represents http://www.itpcentre.org/trad_sami.htm
Extractions: Inuit Circumpolar Conference and the Sami Council position on the Earth Charter The Inuit Circumpolar Conference, which represents Inuit people from Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Russia and the Sami Council, which represent Sami People from Sweden, Norway, Finland and from the Kola Peninsula in Russia, informed us: That they fully support the basic principle stated in the Earth Charter Working Draft for Benchmark Draft II, in the preamble, 6th paragraph, " an inclusive vision of shared values is urgently needed to provide ethical foundations for the emerging world community" That in chapter 7, the word "compassion" be deleted, and the word "respect" be inserted instead because they consider that in the present context the term "respect" is inclusive, whereas the term "compassionate" is not.
Indigenous Peoples at the ILO's Project for indigenous and Tribal peoples and member of the Earth CharterCommission. Inuit Circumpolar Conference and the sami Council position on http://www.itpcentre.org/trad_index.htm
Extractions: The on-line forum was designed to facilitate an interactive dialogue between representatives of National Earth Charter Committees, participants in the Earth Charter Drafting Committee meetings from 1997-1999 and other key international voices. The text of the Earth Charter Benchmark Draft of April 1999 was used for this discussion. This is a summary of the Indigenous participation to the forum. The Earth Charter: Will it Unite or Divide Us? July 1999
Waikato Law Related Sites rights in relation to indigenous peoples; organisations and breaking report on Australianindigenous Cultural and sami People, Information on the sami people http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/resources/law/s_indig.shtml
Extractions: Documentation Project The mission of the Fourth World Documentation Project is to document and make available to tribal governments, researchers and organizations, important documents relating to the social, political, strategic, economic and human rights situations being faced by Fourth World nations and create a historical archive of the political struggles waged by Indigenous Peoples to assert their rights as sovereign nations. NativeWeb A good starting point for finding information of indigenous peoples all around the world. Indigenous Peoples and the Law Latest articles and news items on law affecting indigenous peoples (especially strong in Maori resources) Hosted by Victoria University of Wellington. ILO (International Labour Organisation) Recent developments in the ILO concerning indigenous and tribal peoples with full text of documents such as the Convention no. 169
