Earlier reports/events

The Centre for Sami Studies has been and is engaged in addressing the challenges of industrial activities versus traditional land use and indigenous rights.

2011: Indigenous peoples in marine industries - conflict or opportunity?
In 2012 the centre in cooperation with the Working Group on Indigenous Peoples in the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (WGIP) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arranged a conference on extractive industries and indigenous peoples.
2012: Urfolk i skvis mellom miljø og næring – Eksemplet tjæresand
In 2013 the centre in cooperation with the WGIP and Gáldu – the Resoruce centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples arranged a side event of the Arctic Frontiers on Economic Development in the Indigenous North.
Also in 2013 the centre in cooperation with the Working Group of Indigenous Peoples in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region arranged the mini seminar To mine or not to mine
2014: OECD Guidelines and Protection of Indigenous Rights
2016: Discursive Constraints on Indigenous Participation in Economic Opportunities
2012-2018: The Focal Point North Project