Indigenous peoples and minorities
The Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation is responsible for the Government’s policy towards the Sami people and national minorities. Click "National minorities" or "The Sami People" to find news articles, press releases and other articles related to this topic. Click "Find document" to search for all documents on government.no related to this topic.
The foundation for Sámi policy
The foundation for Sámi policy
National laws and international conventions set the obligations towards the Sami population.
What Defines an Indigenous People?
What Defines an Indigenous People?
No general, internationally accepted definition of indigenous peoples exists. It is typical of indigenous populations that they do not represent the dominant population in the larger society of which they are part, although they may be the population group that inhabited the area first.
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- Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: 10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Speech/statement 24/04/2017
- Deputy Minister Olli visiting Australia and New Zealand Press release 04/02/2016
- What role do indigenous people and forests have in a sustainable future? Speech/statement 11/05/2015
- Seminar on Traditional Knowledge, Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Reindeer Herding Speech/statement 25/03/2014