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Singing for the Right to a Past

Conflict Resolution
Institutions
Critical Theory
Jurisprudence
Ethics
Ande Somby
UiT – Norges Arktiske Universitet
Ande Somby
UiT – Norges Arktiske Universitet

Abstract

What kind of Rights do the indigenous people have? Do I have have a right to a past? Do I have have a right to a presence? Do I Have A Right to a future? The paper focuses on the right to a past. Repatriation has been a question and frequently discussed in particular in The North American context. In the paper the aim is to focus on the current legal situation in the Nordic context. The paper will be organized around a narrative about the Museum of the Norwegian Arctic University. The Museum has locked Down around 6000 traditional Sámi yoiks. The narrative opens up a discrepancy between the formal protection of the right to Records of indigenous peoples culture, as they are stated both in the Norwegian constitution, National legislation as well as in International legal norms on one side. And the actual practice of institution on The Other Side. The narrative Services and illustration that Law in books and law in life can appear differently. It can also illustrate the vulnerabillity of legal norms as protection. In addition to a legal perspective one also is in a need for a legal sociological one to measure the actuality and factuality of the legal protection.