The reindeer herding area in Sweden covers approximately 40% of the territory. Swedish reindeer herding communities are legal and administrative entities that have usufruct rights to a geographical area. Within this area, the reindeer herding community grazes their reindeer and uses the resources to sustain their families. These reindeer herding communities cover all the northern parts of Sweden.
Sámiid Riikkasearvi (RSR) is an organization whose members are the reindeer herding communities of northern Sweden. This gives RSR a unique possibility to develop and implement sustainable resource use within the reindeer herding area. Sámi reindeer herding is a traditional livelihood of the Sámi based on sustainable resource use. Sámi reindeer herding does not exploit the resources in the area but sustainably uses them.
Sámi people, the Indigenous Peoples of the area, have managed to keep their traditional livelihood through the ages of modernization and industrialization. It is an achievement that the reindeer herding communities still have access to their areas. RSR is confident that the surrounding society would gain significantly from recognizing Sámi rights to their areas to develop management systems based on Sámi traditional livelihoods.
September 18, 2024
In keeping with its mission to inspire strong courage for transformative action, the events will showcase the power of the cultural and spiritual continuity of Indigenous communities through artwork.
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September 9, 2024
Indigenous autonomous government reinforces independent protection of its territory while accusing national authorities of neglect.
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August 26, 2024
The Sámiid Riikkasearvi association supports the reindeer herding communities and aims to expand on a 2020 Supreme Court ruling.
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