| Summary: | Despite significant barriers, Indigenous nations have experienced gains in the international attention paid to their domestic rights struggles. Indigenous political victories are frequently addressed in academic literature, yet other forms of resistance are under-addressed as they exist in a political ‘gray space’. Yet resistive art is both intersectional and political. For Arctic indigenous communities, art as political ecology activism addresses the interwoven aspects of political domination, social marginalization, and ecological vulnerability. The Sámi in Scandinavia are among the most prolific in using art and storytelling as political venues, with protest art centering on reindeer herding issues. Herding has a complicated political and social history. For decades, Sámi who did not herd were not considered indigenous by the state. Today, Sámi are denied the right to own enough reindeer to support traditional livelihoods, resulting in socioeconomic ills and self-determination denial. Saami art consequently illuminates historical vulnerability and subjugation in a contemporary context. Ha habido que salvar grandes dificultades, pero la visibilidad internacional de la lucha por los derechos domésticos de los pueblos indígenas ha experimentado inmensos avances. No obstante, aunque la literatura académica con frecuencia reconoce sus victorias, no se reconocen tanto algunas de sus formas de resistencia, como la narración y el arte, situadas en un espacio político considerado gris. El arte, como activismo ecológico-político de las comunidades indígenas del Ártico, expone aspectos en los que se entretejen la dominación política, la marginalización social y la vulnerabilidad ecológica. El pueblo sami de Escandinavia utiliza de forma prolífica el arte comunicacional como medio político. Con protestas artísticas dirigidas a la problemática del arreo de venado, sus manifestaciones iluminan su vulnerabilidad histórica y la subyugación del Estado en un contexto contemporáneo.
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