Russian indigenous peoples as political actors: New material published

16.3.2009 10:45
An expert seminar was held in Moscow April 18 2008 to discuss indigenous peoples’ opportunities for political action in Russia from different perspectives.

The presentations in the seminar covered  topics such as sustainable development, education and political participation. The material from the seminar has now been published in the Arctic Centre (University of Lapland) website.  The material is mostly in Russian but the summary of the presentations is in English. 

The seminar was organized by senior researcher Tamara Semenova with the support from the INDIPO project, Finnish Academy and research professor Monica Tennberg, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland.

The INDIPO project (funded by Finnish Academy 2005-2007) studied indigenous peoples as political actors, the construction of their political agency  and  participation of indigenous peoples in international cooperation.

More information from Research Professor Monica Tennberg