1st Edition

Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic

402 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

402 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

402 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This handbook brings together the expertise of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of issues surrounding the well-being, self-determination and sustainability of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic. Offering multidisciplinary insights from leading figures, this handbook highlights Indigenous challenges, approaches and solutions to pressing issues in Arctic... Read more

SECTION 1 Arctic Indigenous diversity and the foundations of cultural, social and spiritual well-being

Florian Stammler

1 The role of statistics in relation to Arctic Indigenous realities

Timothy Heleniak and Olivia Napper

2 Indigenizing education in Sapmi/Norway: rights, interface and the pedagogies of discomfort and hope

Torjer A. Olsen

3 What makes a good political leader? Young people’s perceptions from the republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Aytalina Ivanova, Matrena Okorokova, Florian Stammler, and Emma Wilson

4 Electronic devices for safeguarding Indigenous languages and cultures (Eastern Siberia)

Aleksandr Varlamov, Galina Keptuke and Alexandra Lavrillier

5 Voices of the forests, voices of the streets: popular music and modernist transformation in Sakha (Yakutia), Northeast Siberia

Eleanor Peers, Aimar Ventsel, and Lena Sidorova

6 Soviet-time Indigenous displacement on the Kola Peninsula: an extreme case of a common practice

Lukas Allemann

7 Indigenous Arctic religions

Piers Vitebsky and Anatoly Alekseyev

SECTION 2 The fundamental importance of land, territories and resources

Else Grete Broderstad and Dalee Dorough

8 Changing Indigenous territorial rights in the Russian North

Gail Fondahl, Viktoriya Filippova, Antonina Savvinova, and Vyacheslav Shadrin

9 Sami law and rights in Norway – with a focus on recent developments

Oyvind Ravna

10 Comprehending the mandate and interactions of land tenure reform in Finnmark, Norway

Else Grete Broderstad and Eva Josefsen

11 The Girjas Case – court proceedings as a strategy to enforce Sami land rights

Malin Brannstrom

12 Arctic waters as Inuit homeland

Claudio Aporta and Charlie Watt

13 Alaska Native marine mammal harvesting: the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the crisis of eligibility

Steve J. Langdon

14 Review and mapping of Indigenous knowledge concepts in the Arctic

Parnuna Egede Dahl and Pelle Tejsner

SECTION 3 Indigenous peoples and self-determination in the Arctic

Dorothee Cambou and Timo Koivurova

15 Indigenous self-government in the Arctic: assessing the scope and legitimacy in Nunavut, Greenland and Sapmi

Rauna Kuokkanen

16 Advancing Inuit self-determination and governance in Alaska and Canada amidst renewed global focus on the Arctic

Tim Aqukkasuk Argetsinger

17 Indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination: perceptions of self-determination among the Sami electorate in Sweden

Ulf Morkenstam, Ragnhild Nilsson and Stefan Dahlberg

18 Indigenous self-determination and disempowerment in the Russian North

Liubov Sulyandziga and Rodion Sulyandziga

19 The participation of Arctic Indigenous peoples’ organizations in the Arctic Council and beyond

Dorothee Cambou and Timo Koivurova

20 Legal appraisal of Arctic Indigenous peoples’ right to free, prior and informed consent

Leena Heinamaki

Epilogue: Alaska natives and climate change

Paul C. Ongtooguk

Biography

Timo Koivurova is Research Professor and Director at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland. He has a multidisciplinary specialisation in Arctic law and government but has also conducted broader research on global law.

Else Grete Broderstad is Professor in Indigenous Studies and coordinates the Indigenous Master Programme, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway. Her research areas include Indigenous rights, political participation, governance of the Circumpolar North, resource management and conflicting interests between Indigenous traditional livelihoods and large-scale industries.

Dorothée Cambou is Assistant Professor in sustainability science at the faculty of law, HELSUS, University of Helsinki. Her research focuses on the rights of Indigenous peoples and the governance of land and natural resources in the Arctic and the Global South.

Dalee Dorough, an Inuk from Alaska, is Senior Scholar and Special Advisor on Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic, UAA. Specializing in international Indigenous human rights, she holds a PhD in law bestowed by University of British Columbia in 2002 and Master of Arts in law and diplomacy from The Fletcher School in 1991.

Florian Stammler is Coordinator of Anthropology and Research Professor at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland. His research is on nomadism, human–environment relations, Indigenous peoples and extractive industries. His publications include Reindeer Nomads Meet the Market and Good to Eat, Good to Live With.