meeting between the indigenous peoples' representatives and the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr Jonas Gahr Støre meets Sergey Kharyuchi (President of RAIPON) Pavel Sulyandziga (vice-president) and Valentina Sovkina (Working Group for Indigenous Peoples).
Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk / BarentsObserver
RAIPON representatives at a meeting in the office of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat.
Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk / BarentsOberver
Reindeers and a Nenets boy on the tundra on the Kanin Peninsula in the northern part of Arkhangelsk Oblast.
Photo: Christina Henriksen
The Norwegian Barents Secretariat signed a cooperation agreement with RAIPON at the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow in 2011. Vice-President of RAIPON, Rodion Vasilyevitch Sulyandziga (left), Deputy head of secretariat, Laila Dalhaug and Norway's Ambassador in Moscow, Knut Hauge.
Photo: Christina Henriksen
Rune Rafaelsen is the head of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Anja Salo is adviser on indigenous peoples issues with the Norwegian Barents Secretariat.
Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk / BarentsObserver
Nenets children in the lavvo on the tundra east of Naryan-Mar.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Nenets reindeer hurder on the tundra in the Russian Arctic. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Nenets family lavvo north of Salekhard in Siberia.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Sami festival in Lovozero on the Kola Peninsula.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Sami artist Mari Boine at a concert in Lovozero on the Kola Peninsula. In 2011, she had a concert in Moscow at the same time as the Norwegian Barents Secretariat and RAIPON signed their cooperation agreement.