Examples of using Saami in English and their translations into Arabic
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The question of Saami ownership and usufructuary rights in Sweden came up in the Supreme Court in the case which became known as the“Taxed Mountains case”.
The Action Plan for Saami Languages(2009-2014) gives an overview of the measures concerning Saami languages.
Many Saami used to hunt birds while herding reindeer, which is not an option any longer in many areas.
This must, de facto and legally, be interpreted as recognition of Saami ownership.
The subsidy is calculated on the basis of the annual number of editions and pages produced, with different rates for pages produced in Norwegian and Saami respectively.
The Taxed Mountains case concerned the claim of Saami ownership of certain areas, mainly in the northern parts of Jämtland county.
The Government cooperated closely with the Saami Parliament, which was represented at all times in the Norwegian delegation on the negotiations in the United Nations.
Some Saami elders state that traditional weather-reading skills cannot be trusted anymore due to the effects of climate change.
Fishing, in the rivers, lakes and in the Barents Sea has always had great importance for the Saami.
Saami people, as with other indigenous peoples, are an ethnic minority that to a considerable degree has its cultural basis in a traditional use of natural resources.
This change took place despite the principle support for Saami land rights in the Supreme Court 11 years earlier in the Taxed Mountain Case.
The Saami Parliament was established in 1989 and is the representative political body for the Saami in Norway.
regard to use and management of traditional Saami land.
In a 1984 report, a Saami Rights Committee(Samerettsutvalget) thoroughly analysed whether this article embraces the material basis of Saami culture as capable of protection.
The Saami Parliament will probably fight for a result that better approximates the original draft statute, and especially for the recognition of the international law basis.
However, the Supreme Court rejected the primary governmental claim that Saami as nomadic people cannot acquire title to land.
However, this did not lead to any positive measures in favour of Saami land rights.
In Norway, the consultation obligation is implemented through the Procedures for Consultations between State Authorities and the Saami Parliament in accordance with article 6 of ILO Convention No. 169.
Samer och germaner i Mellanskandinavien(Encounters in Border Country: Saami and Germanic peoples in central Scandinavia), published in 1997.
Shortly thereafter, the draft was adopted by the Saami Parliament in all 3 countries.