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 in Finland -about Sami culture, history, livehood, languages, arts and administration
  • Saami in Kola Peninsula, Lovozero - information on the history of the Saami in Russia, culture, economy and folklore, in English and Russian
  • 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
  • National minorities of Finland - in 1995 the Finnish Constitution was amended in order to provide  stronger guarantees for the rights of the Saami, guaranteeing them cultural autonomy in respect to their language and culture within the Saami Homeland.
  • Swedish Sami History -  important years,  art and  music
  • The Swedish Government -  Sami issues and  reindeer husbandry (only in Swedish)
  • 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 at Umeå University
  • 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 Siiddat of North America
• Sami media
  • Sámi Radio in Finland
  • Sámi Radio in Norway
  • Sámi Radio in Sweden
  • NKR Sami Radio 
  • 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.
• Sami tourism
  • Welcome to the mountain regions of Norrbotten, the  Sami society
  • 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
• Reindeer in the life of the Nenets people [pdf] - article. For the Arctic Documentary film at risk project (Afbare )
• Information on the Nenets - a website by Nenets Oxana Kharuchi, in English.
• The Nenets and Khanty of Northern Russia
• Nenets language - from peoples.org.ru
• Nenets language - from ethnologue.com   
• Photos in flickr

• 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
• "Economic and social development of the small indigeous peoples of the north up to the year 2011" - federal target program of the Government of the Russian Federation [pdf-file]
• Ethnologue.com - language name index for 6,800 languages