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Sweden’s Sami struggle over land rights

Published: January 11, 2007, Author: AngelSupport
Sweden's Sami struggle over land rights

The indigenous Sami people in northern Sweden took a step toward self-determination in the New Year, when the government gave them full control of reindeer herding for the first time.

Now the people once known as Lapps face a far more crucial battle — for rights to land they have used for millennia, a struggle that has raised complex questions about traditional land use and the north’s vast mineral wealth.

Chief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library

The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.

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