Indigenous Affairs 2/96

Publisher: IWGIA
Number of pages: 64
ISSN number: 1024-3283
Publication language: English
Region publication is about: International, Internacional
Release year: 1996
Release Month | Day: jul-96

Tags: Land rights, Human rights

The Saami call their territory Sapmi. Conceptually, the term encompasses the geographical area, the Saami territory and the Saami people, all in one. The land and the peo­ple are intrinsically united. During. the colonisation of Sapmi. the territory and the people were divided between four different nation-states. This is to say that. among other things, the Saami as a peo­ple became subjected to four different judicial systems. In this way, the Saami share the fate of many other indigenous peoples who have seen their land divided between two or more nation-states, each one with its own special constitution and laws affecting the indigenous peo­ples. Today, Sapmi is located within the territories of the nation-states and con­stitutes, therefore, an interior colony. 

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