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Article: Indigenous peoples and the environment: convergence from a Nordic perspective.(Norway)
- Article from:
- UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
- Article date:
- December 22, 2002
- Author:
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"The central question here, as in all issues concerning indigenous rights, is who is in a position to control resources. It is question of land rights." (1) Sami--Scandinavia
"To us Indians human rights is a matter of daily survival; it is the right to food, to firewood and to fresh water, but above all it is the right to our customs." (2) Plains Cree--Canada
"Our history, identity, and tribal sovereignity are indistinguishable from the land. From time immemorial, it has always been so." (3) Umatilla--United States
INTRODUCTION
Since the Stocholm Declaration thirty years ago and particularly in the last decade, the rights and status of ...