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Gallok: The Battle for Sami Rights in Sweden

A community questions its Sami heritage when one of Scandinavia's largest known iron ore deposits is discovered nearby. Thirty kilometres from the Swedish world heritage site of Laponia, plans to introduce a controversial new iron ore mine in Gallok (also known as Kallak) are under way. The opinions of the 3,000 people living in the nearby town of Jokkmokk are polarised. Tor, a father of two, reclaims his Sami surname and joins a group of indigenous and environmental activists to stop British company Beowulf from mining on the ancestral lands of the indigenous Sami people.

English
  • Originally Aired February 6, 2019
  • Runtime 20 minutes
  • Network Al Jazeera
  • Created March 24, 2019 by
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