Maureen Gruben in Galleries West

October 14, 2022

Arctic Highways

by Genesee Keevil

In late September, Russia began drafting Sámi reindeer herders in Siberia to fight in its ongoing war with Ukraine, says Sámi artist Tomas Colbengtson. “Even though they are geographically far, I feel so close to them,” says Colbengtson, who is lobbying the Sámi Parliament in Sweden to offer sanctuary to these Siberian counterparts. “We have also been used in such a way, having our land, water and reindeer herds confiscated,” he says. “Now we are fighting to get our rights back.”

Colbengtson is one of 12 Indigenous artists from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Alaska and Canada with work in the internationally touring exhibition Arctic Highways, showing at the Yukon Arts Centre Gallery in Whitehorse until Nov. 12. “We have felt so powerless, except for our culture and art,” he says. “So we have decided to use our art.”

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