Is Nonterritorial Autonomy Wrong for Indigenous Rights? Examining the 'Territorialisation' of Sami Power in Norway

Abstract Nonterritorial autonomy (nta) decouples governance of 'people' and 'place', allowing demographically submerged minorities to protect their cultural - but not territorial - interests. Indigenous peoples are often submerged and culturally vulnerable. At the same time, they...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal on minority and group rights 2021-07, Vol.28 (3), p.544-567
Hauptverfasser: Spitzer, Aaron John, Selle, Per
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Nonterritorial autonomy (nta) decouples governance of 'people' and 'place', allowing demographically submerged minorities to protect their cultural - but not territorial - interests. Indigenous peoples are often submerged and culturally vulnerable. At the same time, they are often especially interested in protecting the territories that have long sustained them. So, is nta well-suited or ill-suited for Indigenous self-governance? To explore this, we study Norwegian Sami self-governance, an oft-cited case of Indigenous nta. We make several contributions. We enumerate the variety of Sami-specific rights and powers in Norway, categorising them as either territorial or nonterritorial and tracking their evolution over time. By doing this we reveal that Sami self-governance has recently taken a 'territorial turn'. We explore why this has happened, concluding it is due to the insufficiency of nta. Finally, we discuss likely limits to further Sami territorialisation.
ISSN:1385-4879
1571-8115
DOI:10.1163/15718115-bja10009