The Arctic
by Emily Colautti
1. Governments
1.1. Territorial/Provincial/State
1.2. Federal
2. Industry
2.1. Direct harm to the Arctic
2.1.1. Natural Resource Extraction
2.1.2. Commercial fishing
2.2. Indirect harm to the Arctic
2.2.1. High greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in melting **permafrost**
3. Indigenous & Inuit Communities
3.1. The Arctic Council
3.1.1. Consists of 6 Permanent Participant organizations
3.1.2. Represents Indigenous perspectives regarding Arctic issues
3.1.3. Has no power to enforce action
3.2. Arctic Traditional Ecological Knowledge
3.2.1. Caribou herding & hunting
3.2.1.1. Saami Indigenous Peoples
3.2.1.2. Hunters Nautsituqtiit Pilot Program in NV
3.2.2. Whaling & seal hunting
3.3. Affects & Responses to Colonialism
3.3.1. Denial of Indigenous Peoples' Right to Self Determination
3.3.1.1. ILO 169
3.3.1.2. UNDRIP
4. Reliant on each other
5. Species at Risk
5.1. Canadian Species at Risk Act (SARA) lists many Arctic species
5.1.1. Caribour, Polar Bears, Wolverine, Spotted Wolffish