Aino-Kaisa KoistinenToday, there was an important discussion at the University of the Arts Helsinki about Sámi perspective in arts teaching. You can watch it here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-IjcDymo1iU
#samiart #samipeople #arteducation #highereducationinthearts
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HannaHi, it's #Finland calling!
Pardon, no article about this in English, but must share anyways.
The think tank of the #FarRight government party #TheFinns started a web page vaestonvaihto - #GreatReplasement, and "there's absolutely no #ConspiracyTheory behind it!"
They are comparing the rise of migrants here for instance with the colonization of the US by the Europeans who then repressed the #FirstNations.
And they somehow forget that the #SámiPeople were here first
Perussuomalainen ajatuspaja rekisteröi vaestonvaihto.fi-nimisen nettisivun – viittaa äärioikeistolaiseen salaliittoteoriaan
Suomen perusta -ajatuspaja on rekisteröinyt itselleen vaestonvaihto.fi-verkkosivuston. Väestönvaihto viittaa salaliittoteoriaan, jolla on oikeutettu äärioikeistolaista väkivaltaa.
DoomsdaysCW"As for the wind farms, the #Sámi already fought and won their case in court in 2021 [AND YET THAT OUTCOME IS BEING IGNORED!], thirteen years after they first began advocating against the wind farms’ construction. Ironically, the government set up a #TruthAndReconciliation Commission in 2018, not only to investigate the state’s assimilation policy and its consequences, but also to establish measures promoting greater equality for minorities in Norway. The investigation is soon to be published.
"When it came to removing the wind turbines, Sámi people have had to resort to civil disobedience to get the government’s attention. On February 23, protesters occupied the reception area of the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and blocked the entrances of several other government departments across Oslo.
“'#IndigenousRights are #HumanRights. You can’t weigh them against anything else,' says sixteen-year-old Jostein Tennø Loe, a socialist youth board representative. He was among the first activists to be arrested outside the Ministry of Finance. As they were carried away, passersby could hear the sound of #joik, the traditional Sámi singing once suppressed by the government’s #assimilation efforts. 'When #Norway, as a democratic state, ignores human rights and ignores the supreme court five hundred days after the ruling, something is deeply wrong,' Jostein says. For the Sámi, who are no strangers to conflict over land, the court’s ruling in their favor came a century too late — but the five hundred days that followed were nothing but a slap in the face.
"Not only is #ReindeerHerding a significant part of their culture — it’s also a crucial arena for the Sámi people of #Fosen to practice their language. Considering that the Norwegian government is single-handedly responsible for pushing the language to the brink of extinction, the prime minister’s lack of remorse was damning."
#CulturalGenocide #SamiPeople #Resistance #IndigenousPeople #ShameOnNorway
Norway’s Treatment of Sámi Indigenous People Makes a Mockery of Its Progressive Image
By Martine Aamodt Hess
March 13, 2023
"On March 1, global media outlets reported that #GretaThunberg had been arrested in #Oslo while protesting #WindTurbines. It wasn’t that the #ClimateActivist had suddenly taken a stand against renewable energy. Rather, she had joined forces with #activists standing up for #IndigenousPeople ’s plea to be able to continue practicing their culture in #Fosen, central #Norway. For hundreds of years, this land has been home to #ReindeerHerders — an important tradition, which helps preserve the Sámi’s endangered language. Yet today, the siting in Fosen of wind turbines, which frighten the reindeer, puts its continuation in doubt.
"Some five hundred days ago, #Norway’s supreme court ruled that the turbines are a violation of #IndigenousRights under international conventions. Yet they are still running even now — and indeed, even after the ebbing of the short-lived news attention surrounding Thunberg’s role in the protest. Once again, the Norwegian government has proven that it remains indifferent to Sámi lives.
"'What’s happening in Norway doesn’t surprise me — [there’s] this double standard of working to protect #indigenous groups around the world and presenting itself as this #progressive nation, yet not giving a shit about the indigenous people living within its own borders,' Elle Rávdná Näkkäläjärvi tells me. Between reindeer herding and her studies, the twenty-two-year-old is the leader of the Sámi Parliament’s youth committee and is a board member of the Norwegian Sámi Association youth group. During the recent eight days of protest in Oslo, she stood arm in arm with her Sámi sisters and brothers. “We are used to it but that doesn’t make it any less unjust. It’s about time Norway drops the mask. It’s about time the rest of the world sees Norway for what it really is,' she says.
"From the outside looking in, the Scandinavian country is often seen as a progressive social democracy. But — as Elle’s comments suggest — a story far less told is that of its #colonial past, also striking at indigenous people in Norway itself."
#CulturalGenocide #Assimilation #IndigenousPeople #SamiPeople #SamiResistance #Colonialism #LandBack #IndigenousResistance
Norway’s Treatment of Sámi Indigenous People Makes a Mockery of Its Progressive Image
Norway often presents itself as a defender of human rights around the globe. Yet its treatment of indigenous people within its own borders tells a quite different story, as the Sámi population struggles to defend its way of life.
[video] The #Sámi Fight for the Right to Their Land and Tradition | Full Episode | SBS Dateline
Sep 20, 2023
"As Australia heads towards the Voice referendum, Karla Grant travels to Norway to understand how their #Indigenous parliament works. But are they being heard in the halls of power?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnZeE1Km5jk
#SamiPeople #LandBack #Indigenous #Activism #Norway #Sweden #Greenland
The Sámi Fight for the Right to Their Land and Tradition | Full Episode | SBS Dateline
“We Are Still Here”: #Sámi Resilience and Resistance
October 19, 2017
"In the early 1900s, the Sámi began to organize resistance to increasing state colonization and settler presence on Sámi lands. The first organization, the South Sámi Fatmomakka Association, was founded in 1904 and worked to resolve local land conflicts and improve the societal, economic, and political position of the Sámi. Elsa Laula Renberg (1877–1931) was the founder and first chairperson of the association. She was born into a reindeer herding family on the Swedish side and trained as a midwife. Renberg wrote a book in Swedish called Facing Life or Death in which she candidly denounced the increasing Swedish colonization of Sápmi and advocated Sámi unification to struggle together. She married a man from the Norwegian side and then also founded the first Norwegian Sámi association."
Read more:
https://jsis.washington.edu/canada/news/still-sami-resilience-resistance/
#SamiPeople #SamiResistance #LandBack #IndigenousPeople #Resistance
#Norway agrees to compensate #IndigenousPeople over land for Europe's largest onshore #WindFarm
By Angela Symons with APTN
March 4, 2024
"The wind farm fought against by #GretaThunberg will keep operating with compensation paid to #Sami reindeer herders.
"Norway on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm and the #Indigenous right to raise reindeer.
"Under the agreement, the partially state-owned farm's 151 turbines stay in operation. Energy Minister Terje Aasland said the deal includes 'a future-oriented solution that safeguards the reindeer farming rights.'
"The agreement also has compensation for the Sami - including a share of energy produced - along with a new area for winter grazing and a grant of 5 million kroner (€439,000) for strengthening Sami culture."
Guardian_RebellionGermany and Switzerland breaking human rights laws in Norway.
#socialism #millenial #guardianrebellion #leftist #humanrights #foryou #fyp #indigenous #humanrights #samipeople
#ChurchOfSweden apologizes, embarks on reconciliation with #Indigenous #SámiPeople
Apology comes as government [of #Sweden] continues to fight #Sámi communities in court
by John Last · CBC News · Posted: Nov 27, 2021
"In #Uppsala Cathedral, the heart of Swedish Christianity, Archbishop Antje Jackelén sat this week before a circle of Sámi leaders in traditional dress and the television cameras of Sweden's state broadcaster, listing the past crimes of her church.
"'You have told us about forced Christianization and Swedish #colonialism. Sámi culture was denied,' Jackelén said, in Swedish. 'Today, we acknowledge this and, on behalf of the Church of Sweden, I apologize.'
"Wednesday's apology service in Uppsala, the culmination of more than 30 years of discussions and advocacy, marked a major step forward for reconciliation in Sweden, where the Indigenous Sámi people continue to fight for self-determination and recognition of past wrongs committed by church and state.
"Having studied the Canadian experience of reconciliation, church and Sámi figures alike emphasized that the apology must be followed by concrete actions, and came with no expectation of forgiveness."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/church-of-sweden-sami-indigenous-1.6263595
#CulturalGenocide #TruthAndReconciliation #IndigenousEuropeans #Samediggi
Long suppressed and forcibly assimilated, Sámi people in Sweden get an apology 30 years in the making | CBC News
An apology service this week marked a major step forward for reconciliation in Sweden, where the Indigenous Sámi people continue to fight for self-determination and recognition of past wrongs committed by church and state.
#Norway truth commission details country's dark history of #assimilation
'Norway does not have a history to be proud of' on minority rights, commissioner says
"In state-run #BoardingSchools, minority languages were forbidden, leading to their steep decline. Repeatedly, entire villages [of #Sami and #Finnish-speaking peoples] were forcibly relocated, with devastating results for culture."
by John Last · CBC News · Posted: Jun 02, 2023
"In an ornate assembly hall of the Storting, Norway's parliament, Dagfinn Hoybraten, chair of the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, presented his work of the last five years.
"'The truth is, Norway does not have a history to be proud of when it comes to the treatment of its minorities,' he said Thursday.
"Before national media and dignitaries from Norway's minority groups, Hoybraten formally tabled the commission's final report, detailing the impacts of a 'comprehensive assimilation policy' — known as Norwegianization — which pursued 'the fastest possible linguistic and cultural assimilation' of #Indigenous and #Finnish-descended minorities over more than a century.
"'This dark side of Norwegian history has continued to cast shadows into our own time,' Hoybraten said. 'It is now time for a settlement regarding the nation's injustice'"
"Norway's commission took direct inspiration from Canada's process, with members visiting the National Centre for #TruthAndReconciliation in Winnipeg to study how the commission operated.
"The Norwegian commission's work has not been without controversy. Before the publication of the final report, several groups expressed concerns that the commission was too secretive about its work, and feared its recommendations would lack real teeth.
"Yet community leaders present at Thursday's ceremony generally voiced cautious optimism about the 700-page final report. 'I'm very excited,' said Kai Petter Johansen, leader of the Norwegian Kven Association, a linguistic minority group.
"'I think that it is promising,' said Runar Myrnes Balto, a member of the governing council of Norway's #Samediggi or Sami Parliament. 'I think it's important now that the parliament, quickly, invites us to a meeting, to talk about the best possible way to take the next steps.'
"The Sami are Europe's only recognized Indigenous group, occupying a broad swathe of Arctic territory spanning from Norway to Russia. Norway is home to their largest community, comprising around 65,000 people."
Read more:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/norway-indigenous-sami-truth-commission-final-report-1.6862471
#SamiPeople #CulturalGenocide #EnvironmentalRacism #IndigenousEuropeans
Norway truth commission details country's dark history of assimilation | CBC News
A truth and reconciliation process by a Norwegian parliamentary committee, modelled on Canada's experience, has found the historical policies of forced assimilation toward Indigenous groups continue to impact the country today.