Representatives of the Kautokeino Municipality and the Sámi Hunting and Hunting Association plan to travel with the Sámi Parliament to the conference to be held in Montreal, Canada, in late October and early November.

– Important

Anton Dahl, head of the Sami Hunters and Hunters Association, says it is important for them to present their views to others, for example to indigenous organizations.

– It is extremely important that we can now hunt ducks on the trail we want and that it becomes legal. We want to promote our point of view and make the case that our duck hunting is one of the last traditional ways of hunting ducks.

Great conference

At the working group meeting, various aspects of this spring hunt will be discussed with experts, officials and politicians from both states, indigenous organizations, NGOs and observers.

– It’s a great conference and it will be exciting to meet other indigenous peoples and also other people involved in the management of natural diversity. We look forward to meeting other like-minded people, says Dahl.

Not paying

On behalf of the Sami Hunting and Hunting Association and the Kautokeino Municipality, the Sami Parliament requested support for participation and presentation from the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

But the Environment Ministry responds in an email that it does not have the funds to cover the expenses of more representatives, as it already covers the expenses of one person from the Sámi Parliament in the Norwegian delegation.

– If the Sami Parliament wishes to register for a presentation on spring duck hunting, it is of course free to do so via a separate form on the convention website.

NRK Sápmi has not received a response from the Sami Parliament on what it wants to do next on the matter.