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25 - The Rise of Circumpolar Political Movements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2023

By
Mark Nuttall
Edited by
Adrian Howkins  and
Peder Roberts
Adrian Howkins
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
Peder Roberts
Affiliation:
University of Stavanger
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Summary

This chapter provides a snapshot of the recent history of Indigenous political movements in the circumpolar north. Over the past six decades or so, Indigenous peoples across the Arctic have pushed forward with political action and initiatives that have aimed to secure national and international recognition of their rights, land claims, the granting of autonomy, and participation in many of the decision-making processes and institutions of governance that affect their lives and homelands.1 Indigenous peoples’ organizations have also become major actors in Arctic environmentalism and international circumpolar affairs.

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ArctichistoryIndigenousInuitNunavutGreenlandAlaskaself-determinationpolitics
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The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions , pp. 621 - 647
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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