Circumpolar Indigeneity in Canada, Russia, and the United States (Alaska): Do Differences Result in Representational Challenges for the Arctic Council?

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Sidorova, Evgeniia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2019
• Subjects: Arctic Council; Indigenous peoples; representation; autonomy; Permanent Participants; indigeneity; Indigenous recognition; Conseil de l’Arctique; peuples indigènes; représentation; autonomie; indigénéité; reconnaissance indigène; Arctic; Canada; Conseil; Sakha; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67955

This article investigates differences in circumpolar indigeneities in three major Arctic nations: Russia, Canada, and the United States (Alaska). Russia has different ways of recognizing indigeneity in law, and that definition of indigeneity excludes larger Indigenous groups of the Far North (Sakha,...