An Indigenous land claim with parallels to Canada could redraw Norway's map
A case before Norway's Supreme Court could see an area in the north of the country transferred to local, Indigenous control and would be the first time such a land claim succeeded in Europe. If it fails, the process the Indigenous Sámi helped establish could be called into question.
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![A Sami herder woman cleans out reindeer intestins in a stream before cooking them, as they travel alongside several hundred reindeer to herd them to their winter pastures, in Reinfjord, in Northern Norway, on September 15, 2023. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images) A woman leans over a stream with hills in the background](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7193055.1714748462!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1697766041.jpg)
A case before Norway's Supreme Court could see an area in the north of the country transferred to local, Indigenous control and would be the first time such a land claim succeeded in Europe. If it fails, the process the Indigenous Sámi helped establish could be called into question.