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The reindeer in the concession villages are owned by non-Sámi who also often own the land on which their reindeer graze. However, according to the Reindeer Husbandry Act, the actual reindeer herding in a concession village must be conducted by a Sámi. A reindeer owner in a concession village is not allowed to own more than 30 reindeer.
The 2007 Reindeer Husbandry Act revised the official reindeer district system to acknowledge and incorporate traditional siida units, improving recognition of Sámi land rights and centering reindeer grazing activities on ecologically and economically sustainable resource use based on local culture and tradition.
The result was that while the "Swedish Reindeer Husbandry Act" did not grant the village rights to the licenses, the "possession since time immemorial" (in Swedish Urminnes hävd) did grant them the right to the licenses. The concept, according to research, was rarely used to justify the ownership of large plots of land as was the case here.
Many Sami had arrived in Alaska to manage the reindeer in the 1930s. The Alaskan Sami were required to sell their herds to the government, and many left Alaska after doing so. [3] For sixty years the Reindeer Act maintained a native and government monopoly in live reindeer in Alaska. By 1989 the regulations were challenged in court, resulting ...
The final blow was given on September 1, 1937, when the Reindeer Act transferred the possession of all Alaskan reindeer herds to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (and, therefore, for the hands of the Inuit), paying $3 or $4 per head. [3] The Lomen's herds was then acquired by the U.S. government for the gross amount of US$720,000.00. [6]
In the United States, reindeer are protected under the Endangered Species Act. They were added in December of 2022 by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as a federally protected species.
The reindeer is called caribou in North America but retains the name reindeer across Europe and Asia. However, when caribou are domesticated in North America, they are referred to as reindeer.
Both male and female reindeer grow antlers. This is a trait that no other species in the deer family possesses. The reason, a peculiar result of circumstances and biological luck, reflects