There was held an extraordinary meeting of the members of Council of the representatives of the Indigenous people in the North. Meeting agenda included organizational issues of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples celebration, which is to be held in Tuloma on August 9. Saami representatives gained support of the regional government regarding organization of the Congress of Saami of the Murmansk region. Working group on the issue is to be headed by vice-governor Anatoly Vekshin.
