Barents Indigenous Peoples in Kirkenes 2010Indigenous peoples of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region met for the first Barents Indigenous Peoples Congress in Kirkenes on February 4th 2010. 60 delegates adopted the draft resulotion, which can be found here. The international conference, Co-existende in the Arctic, was arranged the day after, with 60 participants. Indigenous peoples from the Barents Euro-arctic Region and Canada participated. |
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Aleksandr Egorovich Belugin is the Nenets member of the Working Group of Indigenous Peoples (WGIP), representing Yasavey.
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Ánne Wuolab spoke of Saami cross-border cooperation from Elsa Laula Renberg and until today.
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Ben Powless spoke of international cooperation and solidarity between indigenous peoples.
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Zuzanna Bieniuk (EC), Galina A. Arteeva (Yasavey) and Valentina V. Sovkina (SUPS MO).
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Bjarne Store-Jakobsen is the Head of the WGIP.
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The delegates and participants of the Barents Indigenous Peoples Congress 2010
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Geir Tommy Pedersen represented the Saami Parliament in Norway and the Norwegian Saami Association
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Gennady Lukin and Zinaida Loskutova
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George Poitras, of the Mikisew Cree Nation, indtroduced the participants to the tar sands issue in Alberta, Canada.
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Igor Ledkov represented Yasavey - the Public Association of Nenets People
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Ivan Ledkov represented Yasavey.
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Magne Ove Varsi is the director of Gáldu and spoke of international legislation on indigenous peoples' rights and corporate social responsibility
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Mattias Åhrén spoke of the juridical issues regarding indigenous peoples' representation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Council.
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Tuomas Aslat Juuso is a member of the WGIP, representing the Saami Parliament in Finland.
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Yasavey participated with a delegation of eight people.
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Zinaida Strogalschikova is a member of the Vepsian Culture Society.
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