Portrait of Bill Erasmus

Portrait of Bill Erasmus, Dene National Chief and international vice-chair of the Arctic Athabaskan Council, participating in “The Peoples’ Arctic: Unified for a Better Tomorrow” conference. His quote in the image reads:
“As long as we follow our own laws, we will survive.”

Unique identifier: GP04KY9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 12/05/2013

Locations: Europe, Kiruna (city), Sweden

Credit line: © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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People's Arctic Conference Portraits

Portraits of indigenous people participating in the conference “The Peoples’ Arctic: Unified for a Better Tomorrow”, the second such conference hosted by the Save the Pechora Committee and Greenpeace, meant to connect Indigenous communities from around the Arctic and foster better relationships between Indigenous Peoples and environmental groups.

On the eve of the Arctic Council meeting taking place on the 15th May 2013, 15 more Indigenous groups and individuals have signed onto a joint statement rejecting oil development in the Arctic. The coalition now includes major Indigenous organisations from every Arctic state, including two organizations that are permanent participants on the Arctic Council. The move demonstrates that there is growing opposition to Arctic oil drilling amongst the Indigenous communities who will be most affected by the industrialisation of their territories and would feel the first impacts of an oil spill.

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