Elisabeth Roy Trudel is a PhD Candidate in Humanities at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Western Australia’s Faculty of Law. Leena Heinämäki is a senior researcher at the University of Lapland.   Philipp Kastner is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Western Australia. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/elisabeth-roy-trudel-leena-heinamaki-and-philipp-kastner/rss en Governance Northern People & Health Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:20:52 +0000 Elisabeth Roy Trudel, Leena Heinämäki and Philipp Kastner https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/06/07/saami-still-struggle-for-recognition https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/06/07/saami-still-struggle-for-recognition THE CONVERSATION: Despite efforts to adopt a Saami Convention to strengthen and harmonize legal protections given to the Saami in Nordic countries, negotiations have been stalled for over a decade.