{"id":9625,"date":"2022-02-10T16:49:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T16:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=9625"},"modified":"2022-02-10T16:49:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T16:49:46","slug":"proposed-gallok-mine-threatens-sami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/proposed-gallok-mine-threatens-sami\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed G\u00e1llok mine threatens S\u00e1mi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Chelsea Bowen, Reindeer corral outside of Jokkmokk, Sweden<\/p><\/div>\n

S\u00e1mi folkets dag<\/span><\/i> or S\u00e1mi People\u2019s\/National Day is celebrated each year on February 6. Typically a celebration of culture and traditional ways, in recent years it\u2019s also become a time for people to connect via political activism. This year, conversations revolved around the impact of the proposed iron ore mine in the G\u00e1llok area within Jokkmokk municipality. Some see the mine as a strong economic move, and others see it as the beginning of the end of reindeer husbandry in the area. This week, we\u2019ll look at mining in Northern Sweden and read a short Swedish article that explains the situation in G\u00e1llok.<\/span>
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Mining in Northern Sweden<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mining is not new in S\u00e1pmi (the S\u00e1mi word for the indigenous areas of Northern Norway, Scandinavia, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia). The northern Swedish city of Kiruna<\/a> is in the process of moving its houses and buildings to a new location in order to reach the valuable j\u00e4rnmalm<\/em> (iron ore) below the earth’s surface. The same type of mine is being proposed in the G\u00e1llok omr\u00e5det<\/em> (the Kallak area) by the English company Beowulf.<\/span>
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More infrastructure threatens reindeer<\/span><\/h2>\n

At first glance, S\u00e1pmi may seem sparsely populated but that\u2019s what makes it possible for many S\u00e1mi people to maintain a rich tradition of <\/span>rensk\u00f6tseln<\/span><\/i> (reindeer husbandry). <\/span>Renen <\/span><\/i>(the reindeer) depend on northern forests for habitat and food during the wintertime. As the weather warms, reindeer migrate hundreds of miles to mountainous regions for summer grazing. The more roads and infrastructure, the harder it is for reindeer to live and move freely year-round.<\/span>
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Activism from February 6 celebrations<\/span><\/h2>\n

Celebrations for S\u00e1mi People’s Day on February 6 include concerts, broadcasted tv and radio programs, and the week-long J<\/em>okkmokks marknad, <\/i>Jokkmokk’s historic S\u00e1mi market<\/a>, just a short distance from G\u00e1llok<\/em>. This year, artists and indigenous leaders like Sofia Jannok and Maxida M\u00e4rak<\/a> highlighted the mine in G\u00e1llok<\/em> as modern colonization of the people and land in S\u00e1pmi<\/em>. Climate activist Greta Thunberg visited Jokkmokk again this year to protest the mine and urge Swedish political action. Read the article she co-signed in Aftonbladet with Sofia Jannok and others <\/span>G\u00e5 inte p\u00e5 att gruvan i G\u00e1llok \u00e4r klimatsmart<\/em><\/a> (Don’t believe that the mine in G\u00e1llok is climate-smart).<\/span><\/p>\n

Samer protesterar mot gruva<\/a> – The S\u00e1mi protest against mining<\/span><\/h2>\n

Below is a short 8sidor.se<\/a> article that gives context for the situation in G\u00e1llok, including Maxida M\u00e4rak’s efforts to sway statsministern<\/em> (the prime minister) Magdalena Andersson.
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Ett brittiskt f\u00f6retag vill \u00f6ppna en gruva i Kallak eller G\u00e1llok som omr\u00e5det heter p\u00e5 samiska.
\n<\/span>Det ligger i Jokkmokks kommuni Norrbotten.
\n<\/span>F\u00f6retaget som vill \u00f6ppna gruva heter Beowulf Mining.
\n<\/span>De vill bryta j\u00e4rnmalm i gruvan. Det \u00e4r Sveriges regering som ska best\u00e4mma om f\u00f6retaget ska f\u00e5 \u00f6ppna gruvan.
\n<\/span>Regeringen har haft flera \u00e5r p\u00e5 sig att best\u00e4mma.
\n<\/span>Men de har inte gjort det.
\n<\/span>L\u00e4nsstyrelsen har sagt nej till gruvan.
\n<\/span>Men myndigheten SGU och Jokkmokks kommun har sagt ja till gruvan.
\n<\/span>G\u00e1llok \u00e4r ett viktigt omr\u00e5de f\u00f6r m\u00e5nga samer. <\/span>Deras renar bor d\u00e4r.
\n<\/span>Nu protesterar samer och flera k\u00e4nda samiska artister mot gruvan.
\n<\/span>En av artisterna \u00e4r Maxida M\u00e4rak.
\n<\/span>Hon har bland annat skrivit till statsministern Magdalena Andersson.
\n<\/span>I sitt mejl ber\u00e4ttar hon hur sv\u00e5rt det blir f\u00f6r hennes folk om regeringen s\u00e4ger ja till en gruva d\u00e4r renarna bor.
\n<\/span>\u2013 Det blir slutet f\u00f6r oss, s\u00e4ger Maxida M\u00e4rak.<\/span><\/p>\n

8 SIDOR\/TT
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S\u00e1mi folkets dag or S\u00e1mi People\u2019s\/National Day is celebrated each year on February 6. Typically a celebration of culture and traditional ways, in recent years it\u2019s also become a time for people to connect via political activism. This year, conversations revolved around the impact of the proposed iron ore mine in the G\u00e1llok area within…<\/p>\n

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