In Norway, indigenous people and national minorities are still fighting for their rights to be respected. Will the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report change things?
The Church of Sweden made an official apology to the Sámi people on 24 November, just weeks after two new truth commissions were set up to inquire into historical injustices against the Sámi in Sweden and Finland. Although different, these processes are related, and the challenges are similarly challenged by the very results of assimilation policies, the authors observe.