Sámi rights must not be sacrificed for green energy goals of Europe (commentary)

Mongabay
Mar 20, 2023, 3:21 pm191 ptsTrending
Growing up in Gällivare/ Váhtjer, a Swedish village in Sápmi, north of the Arctic Circle, the threats facing Sámi people were a daily reality. We are Europe’s only Indigenous people, but colonialism means our territory, Sápmi, is split across four countries: Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia. But across…

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