Working Groups and international organizations

• Barents Euro-Arctic Council Working Group of Indigenous Peoples
• RAIPON - Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North
• Health and Human Rights of Indigenous Populations - publications and reports on human rights and the improvement of health of indigenous populations
•  Indigenous peoples in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region - news and information.
• Information Center of Finno-Ugric Peoples
• Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN / RITC)
• Arctic Network for the Support of the Indigenous Peoples of the Russian Arctic (ANSIPRA) - contains  maps and articles about indigenous society and culture, for example
  • Map of indigenous peoples of the Arctic Council member states [2.8 M jpg] 
  • Indigenous peoples of the Russian North - article.
• Resource Centre for Rights of Indigenous Peoples - reports, information on Sami rights, documents.
• Uralistica - the world of finno-ugric and samoyed peoples
• Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples -  meeting-place for researchers, development workers and Sámi organisations.

Sami links

• Introduction / About
  • Sami Statistics 2010
  • Saami languages
  • The Inari Samis - history, culture and life of the Inari Samis - in English, Finnish and Sami
  • Saami Culture Encyclopaedia
  • The Sami of Northern Europe – one people, four countries
  • Russia's Sami fight for their lives (BBC NEWS, 21.12.2006)
  • Land Rights, Linguistic Rights, and Cultural Autonomy for the Finnish Sami People - 1997 paper
  • Recalling Ancestral Voices - project dedicated to recording the material cultural heritage of the Sámi
  • sweden.se: The Sami People
  • Swedish Sami History -  important years,  art and  music
  • The Swedish Sami consciousness
  • Reindeer Husbandry in Sweden
  • Historical synopsis of the Sami/United Nations Relationship - description of Saami and the ILO, Saami and the United Nations, Future Implications etc.
  • An introduction to the Sami people
      
• Saami organizations and education
  • Saami Council
  • Saami Pariaments:  Finland,  Norway and  Sweden
  • Sámi Allaskuvla - Sámi University College at Koutokeino (Guovdageaidnu)
  • Giellagas Institute at Oulu University - Saami language and culture studies
  • The Nordic Saami Institute
  • Siida - Sami Museum and the Northern Lapland Nature Centre.
  • The Educational center of Sami Area / Saamelaisalueen koulutuskeskus
  • Sámi studies in University of Helsinki
  • Centre for Sami Research (CeSam) - Vaartoe
  • Centre for Sámi Studies, University of Tromsø
  • Sami language and culture in Tromsa University library
  • Saami school history - a book and internet project
  • NSR-Norske Samers Riksforbund in Norwegian and Saami
  • Inari Saami - keeping a language alive - documentary about how the speakers of Inari Saami are making a concerted effort to save their mother tongue. / Inarinsaame - ohjelma joka kertoo siitä, miten inarinsaamelaiset toimivat määrätietoisesti pelastaaksensa äidinkielensä elämän. In English and Finnish 
  • City-sámit
        
• Sami media
  • Sámi Radio in Finland
  • Sámi Radio in Norway
  • Sámi Radio in Sweden
  • NRK SÁPMI 
  • Sagat - Samisk Avis - only in Norwegian
  • Samefolket
  • Saami Forum - forum for Saami in Russia
  • Sami.net - the virtual Sápmi, the vision is to create a forum where the Sámi people will be able to obtain and give current information, educate themselves, debate and make contacts.
  • Báiki: the North American Sami Journal
      
• Sami tourism
  • Patfinder Lapland - Welcome to Experience the Sami Culture
  • Protest against the exploitation of Sami culture in tourism
      
• Other links
  • Indigee – Indigenous Entrepreneurship - project aims to develop entrepreneurship among indigenous youth in the Barents region.
  • The Sami Research and Project Database - contains information from over 200 completed or on-going projects which comment on Sami people or the Sami areas.
  •  Forska om samer : digitala arkivkällor och litteraturtips. Forskningsarkivet, Umeå universitetsbibliotek & Ájtte.
  • Birds in the Sámi Land -  translates the Finnish bird name into Sami languages, Norwegian, Swedish and English
  • Ájtte -Sámi Museum in Sweden
  • Varanger Sámi Museum in Norway
  • Sami Statistics 2010 - presents statistics that are relevant to Sami society in Norway.
  • Saami Sacred Stones in Karelia

• Association of Nenets people "Yasavey" - a voluntary public organization, unites Nenets and other indigenous people of the North Russia living in the Nenets autonomous Okrug.
• Nenets - about Nenents People, the Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
• For the Arctic Documentary film at risk project (Afbare )
• The Nenets Autonomous Okrug
• The Nenets and Khanty of Northern Russia
• Nenets language - from peoples.org.ru
• Nenets language - from ethnologue.com   
• Photos in flickr
• The Nenets of Siberia
• Tundra Nenets - information about Tundra Nenets language

Komi

• Komi-Permyak language - from ethnologue.com
• Komi-Zyrian language - from ethnologue-com
• Photos in flickr  

Karelian and Veps

• Karelian language and culture - information and links, in English, Finnish and Russian
• Veps language - from ethnologue.com

Other links

• Arctic Peoples -  Indigenous Peoples at the Arctic Council
• Traditional knowldege 
• Vital Arctic Graphics: People and Global Heritage on Our Last Wild Shores - a compilation of illustrations and case studies intended to describe the Arctic, the livelihoods of arctic indigenous peoples, and the future well-being of this region.
• Indigenous peoples of the Arctic countries - map
• Oil and Gas Exploitation on Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ Territories - Human Rights, International Law and Corporate Social Responsibility, by Rune S. Fjellheim and John B. Henriksen [pdf]
• Persistent Toxic Substances, Food Security and Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North is a joint project established by RAIPON (Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far-East of the Russian Federation), AMAP (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme), and GEF (the Global Environmental Facility). Project report available in pdf.
• Environmental Protection and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Russian Arctic (Review of Russian legislation 1990-1998), K.D. Arakchaa, E.N. Sumina
• Guidelines for Improved Cooperation between Arctic Researchers and Northern Communities
• SnowChange.org -  education oriented project to document Indigenous observations of climate change in the northern  regions
• The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
• NativeWeb - Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World
• Center For World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)
• The Endangered Uralic Peoples - short reference guide compiled by Lembit Vaba and Jüri Viikberg
• AAAS Project on Traditional Ecological Knowledge
• Northern Women: Conditions, Issues and Experiences
• Information and Education Network of Indigenous People - in Engslish and Russia
• Reindeer management in Västerbotten- information from the County Administration
• Ethnologue.com - language name index for 6,800 languages