Routledge handbook of indigenous peoples in the Arctic / edited by Timo Koivurova ... [and 4 others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koivurova, Timo, editor.

Series:

Routledge international handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Arctic regions.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

This handbook brings together the expertise of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of issues surrounding the well-being, self-determination and sustainability of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic. Offering multidisciplinary insights from leading figures, this handbook highlights Indigenous challenges, approaches and solutions to pressing issues in Arctic regions, such as a warming climate and the loss of biodiversity. It furthers our understanding of the Arctic experience by analyzing how people not only survive but thrive in the planet's harshest climate through their innovation, ingenuity and agency to tackle rapidly changing environments and evolving political, social, economic and cultural conditions. The book is structured into three distinct parts that cover key topics in recent and future research with Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic. The first part examines the diversity of Indigenous peoples and their cultural expressions in the different Arctic states. It also focuses on the well-being of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic regions. The second part relates to the identities and livelihoods that Indigenous peoples in Arctic regions derive from the resources in their environments. This interconnection between resources and people's identities underscores their entitlements to use their lands and resources. The third and final part provides insights into the political involvement of Indigenous peoples from local all the way to the international level and their right to self-determination and some of the recent related topics in this field. This book offers a novel contribution to Arctic studies, empowering Indigenous research for the future and rebuilding the image of Indigenous peoples as proactive participants, signaling their pivotal role in the co-production of knowledge. It will appeal to scholars and students of law, political sciences, geography, anthropology, Arctic studies and environmental studies, as well as policy-makers and professionals.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Section 1 Arctic Indigenous diversity and the foundations of cultural, social and spiritual well-being

1 The role of statistics in relation to Arctic Indigenous realities

2 Indigenizing education in Sápmi/Norway: rights, interface and the pedagogies of discomfort and hope

3 What makes a good political leader? Young people's perceptions from the republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

4 Electronic devices for safeguarding Indigenous languages and cultures (Eastern Siberia)

5 Voices of the forests, voices of the streets: popular music and modernist transformation in Sakha (Yakutia), Northeast Siberia

6 Soviet-time Indigenous displacement on the Kola Peninsula: an extreme case of a common practice

7 Indigenous Arctic religions

Section 2 The fundamental importance of land, territories and resources

8 Changing Indigenous territorial rights in the Russian North

9 Sámi law and rights in Norway - with a focus on recent developments

10 Comprehending the mandate and interactions of land tenure reform in Finnmark, Norway

11 The Girjas Case - court proceedings as a strategy to enforce Sámi land rights

12 Arctic waters as Inuit homeland

13 Alaska Native marine mammal harvesting: the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the crisis of eligibility

14 Review and mapping of Indigenous knowledge concepts in the Arctic

Section 3 Indigenous peoples and self-determination in the Arctic

15 Indigenous self-government in the Arctic: assessing the scope and legitimacy in Nunavut, Greenland and Sápmi

16 Advancing Inuit self-determination and governance in Alaska and Canada amidst renewed global focus on the Arctic.

17 Indigenous peoples' right to self-determination: perceptions of self-determination among the Sámi electorate in Sweden

18 Indigenous self-determination and disempowerment in the Russian North

19 The participation of Arctic Indigenous peoples' organizations in the Arctic Council and beyond

20 Legal appraisal of Arctic Indigenous peoples' right to free, prior and informed consent

Epilogue: Alaska natives and climate change

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-28393-3

1-000-28405-0

0-429-27045-3

9780429270451

OCLC:

1229166254