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Category Archives: Indigenous Peoples
“If research doesn’t surprise you, it’s not worth the research” Julie Cruikshank
I would like to share with you some of the things we learned from Julie Cruikshank and other elders from the Yukon Territory to better understand oral history from the North. To search for surprising insights, to be open to … Continue reading
RAIPON indigenous peoples association new president
For those interested, the Russian Indigenous Peoples Association (RAIPON) got a new president a week ago, at a very important time in the organisation’s biography, because it had been closed down for formal reasons by Russian authorities late last year. … Continue reading
Posted in All, Extractive Industries, Indigenous Peoples, Russian North
Tagged Nenets, RAIPON, Yamal
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Effects of Mining on Reindeer Herding Grounds in Jokkmokk in Sweden
Prospecting for minerals and stones has exploded in Sweden. Many foreign prospecting and/or mining companies come to Sweden in search for a new Klondike - even though in a more modern “suit” than the historical one at Dawson City in Canada at … Continue reading
Posted in All, Extractive Industries, Fennoscandia, Indigenous Peoples, Sámi
Tagged Sweden
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International conference about Indigenous Sacred Sites in the Arctic
The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland will organize an international conference on indigenous sacred sites in the Arctic. The conference “Protecting the sacred: Recognition of Sacred Sites of Indigenous Peoples for Sustaining Nature and Culture in Northern and … Continue reading
Posted in All, Announcements, conferences, Indigenous Peoples, Spirituality
Tagged sacred sites
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Mining and local people in the North
Some of our team were recently at the Jokkmokk winter conference, which is held in connection to the famous Jokkmokk winter market, an important event in the Sámi yearly cycle for the last 400 years. The Jokkmokk winter market has … Continue reading
Posted in All, conferences, Extractive Industries, Fennoscandia, Indigenous Peoples, Sámi
Tagged activism, Lapland, mining
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Simeon Buckley. Presentation in the Arctic Centre: Kangaroo Burgers and Supporting Indigenous People
(Simeon Buckley is a master’s student from RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia) and is working as a research assistant to Anna Stammler-Gossmann on a research project – Coastal communities of the Barents region and marine resources use: Seascape and fishing rights. … Continue reading
The Snow Terminology in Nenets
Posted in All, Indigenous Peoples, oral history, Russian North
Tagged Nenets, snow termonology, traditional knowledge
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Siberia films online Finnish TV
Finnish State TV Yle has been sending a number of excellent documentaries on and / or by northern indigenous people recently. You can watch them usually for three weeks longer online. Today there will be the screening on YLE TEEMA … Continue reading
Posted in All, Announcements, Indigenous Peoples, Russian North
Tagged Nenets, TV programme, Yamal
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Welcoming Simeon Buckley at the Anthropology Research Team
Hi my name is Simeon Buckley or (Sim) I am a new staff member here at the Arctic Centre. I am working as a research assistant to Anna Stammler-Gossmann. I am working on a research project which is a comparative … Continue reading
Posted in All, Announcements, Guests, Indigenous Peoples
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Adventure Siberia, 90 minutes documentary
TV channel ZDF (second German state channel) screened over the holiday a two-part documentary on Siberia and the fascination that this huge land mass has had on researchers, business people and other adventurers. The programme can be watched online via … Continue reading
Posted in All, Announcements, Extractive Industries, Fieldwork, Indigenous Peoples, Russian North
Tagged media outreach, TV programme
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