A personal plea to help save the arctic -- my homeland -- and the link between arctic rights and indigenous rights http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/statica/2010/06/g8g20-communiqué-don’t-melt-my-homeland-save-arctic

And while we are considered Indigenous People under the UN Declaration of Indigenous Rights I've been increasingly concerned about the state of the arctic and the circumpolar region. You see, roughly speaking Saami translates into "land" as in the land my people have traditionally lived on, there was/is no separation between human being and mother earth - both were considered one - so protecting the arctic has been very important to my people.

[Note: Canada has not signed on to this Declaration, it was one of four nations who refused to sign - Canada; United States; New Zealand and Australia - so I stand with my indigenous brothers and sisters for equal justice!] So I'm going to need your help in protecting my homeland. Please.