Voices from the land: Europe’s competition over Indigenous Sámi resources (commentary)

This series, Voices from the Land, brings together opinion pieces led and written by Indigenous peoples from around the world. Through these commentaries, we share our lived realities and reflections on urgent issues shaping our time — environmental destruction, our relationship with nature, and systemic injustice. We write from the heart of our communities, where the impacts of these urgent crises are deeply felt, but also where solutions are rooted. Through this series, we speak from our territories, and ensure our truths are part of the global conversation. There is no “postcolonial” for Indigenous peoples. On the contrary, for centuries, the Sámi — the only recognized Indigenous people in the European Union — have been losing lands and waters to our neighbors. For us, colonialism lies