Are Laws Enough to Protect Indigenous Communities? 14 February 2020 Damini Ralleigh In a landmark judgment earlier this year, the Swedish Supreme Court ruled that members of the country’s indigenous Sami community could continue hunting and fishing in the Sami village. The Sami village, it must be noted, is an administrative community that occupies the geographical area that stretches between Kiruna and Gällivare in the north and …
