Episode 6: The Things I Can See on the Mountains

Episode Length: 31:07 


Focus

The impacts of climate change and wind energy development on reindeer herding in Norway


Location

Norway


Keywords

reindeer herding, Sámi traditions, wind farm development, history

 
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MINUTES: 00:00 - 04:21

Reindeer are both wild and domestic in the care of the Sámi—herders gather the animals at certain times of year that follow the natural cycle of the reindeer.


04:22 - 08:12

Many Sámi kids manage two identities, Sámi at home and Norwegian in school.


08:13 - 10:26

Women and girls traditionally played a large role in reindeer herding but colonization pushed women to indoor activities:

  • Most families have someone with an outside job to support the family  


10:27 - 14:57

Climate change impacts reindeer which are built for winter and herders who have to adjust their knowledge for changing circumstances:

  • Sámi herding lands are fragmented throughout Norway so families have to move to where herding is allowed to keep up tradition


14:58 - 18:36

Climate change became very real when herders started seeing it with their own eyes.

BREAK

18:37 - 22:52

Wind farm is planned for land used by a reindeer herding family:

  • Colonization already took land from the Sámi and now efforts to combat climate change threaten to take more

  • Sacrifices in the name of climate change are being pushed on people with less power


22:53 - 26:54

Development of the wind farm disrupting natural rhythm of the reindeer herd:

  • Sámi family trying to speak up and be heard to mitigate the damage to their herding grounds


26:55 - 31:07

Indigenous people around the world are being forced to sacrifice land and resources in the fight against climate change:

  • Fear that reindeer herding won’t survive, which would be a loss of knowledge and a way of life for the Sámi

season 2Erika Janikreindeer herding, Sami history and culture, wind farm development, history