Author Archives: Snowchange

The Snowchange Co-op joins in mourning for the loss of a prominent Chukchi leader, Elder and a Grandfather, reindeer herder mr. Jegor Nutendli. Mr. Nutendli spent all of his life in the Lower Kolyma region, Sakha-Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. He worked … Continue reading →

Snowchange Cooperative participates in the Paris Climate Summit by sending Indigenous delegate to the talks. We are also closely coordinating our efforts in the summit with other allies and partners. Domestically Autumn fisheries are in full swing. Restoration efforts in … Continue reading →

The Barents Observer reports on the recent events with the Skolt Sámi and the gramota scroll, Snowchange featured as well. It is here.

China Dialogue has released a major Snowchange article. It is available here.

Forager Magazine is out, featuring Snowchange and other TEK contents. You can read it here.

Snowchange Discussion Paper 9 documents the efforts of the Näätämö River Collaborative Management Project from May 2014 to September 2015. Sámi weather observations of northern climate change are included. Oil tanker adrift in the close-by fjord cause a major disaster … Continue reading →

A new Snowchange -related thesis, “Arctic Voices from the Frontlines of a Warming World: The Importance of Indigenous Knowledge in the Climate Change Discourse” by Eleanor R. M. Waters, from the University of Vienna is now available online. Arctic ice … Continue reading →

Summer is slowly behind us. One of the coldest summers here in Finland did not prevent community work in Selkie, Näätämö watershed, and other regions. This September Snowchange participates with a large delegation to the international ELOKA Workshop to be … Continue reading →

Snowchange Co-op long-term partner, Tapestry Institute has released a major new document discussing Indigenist Knowledge. Ceremony at a Boundary Fire: A Story of Indigenist Knowledge documents a meeting of Indigenous leaders and Western scholars that took place in the winter … Continue reading →

Snowchange releases a new discussion paper on the traditional lamprey fishermen of Latvia. The Snowchange Cooperative represents the Puruvesi lake fishermen and the vendace (European Cisco) fish domestically. In December 2013 the European Union gave the fish and the traditional … Continue reading →