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Sámi reindeer herders have reached a partial agreement with Norway over the Fosen wind farm ... after which the south Fosen siida will be able to decide on the project’s future, preventing ...
Altta Siida’s Karen Anne Marit Buljo points ... The agreement between the Sami Parliament in Norway and the university, was signed and placed in a giisá, a traditional Sami box that holds ...
Norway, Finland and Russia. The Sámi Museum was established in 1959. Siida opened in its current building, designed by leading architect Juhani Pallasmaa, with an associated Nature Centre in 1998. It ...
Here's How The three sisters are members of a reindeer herding family from the Kova-Labba Siida, a traditional reindeer ... the Sámi homelands that cross through Norway, Finland, Sweden, and ...
Norway celebrates Sami Day on February 6th. Pictured is the Sami flag. Photo by Thom Reijnders on Unsplash February 6th marks Sami Day in Norway, and for more than 30 years events have been held ...
The fight over the wind turbines has been long running. In October 2021, the Sámi people secured a legal victory. Norway’s Supreme Court ruled that the wind farm permits were invalid because ...
Inari is part of Sápmi, the historic Sámi homeland spanning northern Norway, Sweden ... a spokesperson for Inari’s Siida Museum. “Three of these languages are spoken in Finland—Northern ...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Seven of the activists who repeatedly have demonstrated against a wind farm in central Norway that they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise ...
OSLO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - An Indigenous Sami activist set up camp outside the Norwegian parliament on Monday to protest against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by Sami reindeer ...
Norway’s Supreme Court ruled in October 2021 that the construction of the turbines had violated the rights of the Sami, who have used the land for reindeer for centuries. The wind turbines are ...
The three sisters are members of a reindeer herding family from the Kova-Labba Siida – a traditional reindeer ... amendment of legislation to recognize Sami collective land rights.