Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic
The Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic include the Gwich’in, Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Saami, Aleut, and others. They rely primarily on hunting, gathering, herding and fishing for their livelihoods. Their traditional territories cover nearly the entire Arctic region – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Greenland, Alaska and Canada.
The Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic are currently threatened by commercial fishing, shipping, laws and regulations that hinder their access to their territories and resources, extractive industries, and climate change.
Land is Life supports the Gwich’in in their struggle to protect Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit, the Sacred Place Where Life Begins, which is the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. We also work closely with Alva Sámi Human Rights and Snowchange Cooperative to protect their territories, resource rights, and livelihoods.
