Whose Land is Lapland? : The Nellim Case : A Study of the Divergent Claims of Forestry, Reindeer Herding and Indigenous Rights in Northern Finland

• Main Author: Moran, Daniel James
• Other Authors: Helsingin yliopisto, Valtiotieteellinen tiedekunta, Sosiaalitieteiden laitos, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Research, Helsingfors universitet, Statsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för socialvetenskaper
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingfors universitet 2012
• Subjects: Sociology; Sosiologia; Sociologi; Inari; Ivalo; Nellim; Northern Finland; Sámi; Lapland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/34119

This study analyzes the various interests associated with the Nellim Case; that is, of the Sámi Paadar brothers and the Nellim group of the Ivalo Reindeer Herding Cooperative, within the Nellim community and the Inari municipality of Finland. Until the settlement agreements in 2009 and 2010, there h...