Photo: Egil Olli and Kirt Ejesiak at Alta conference

Egil Olli, president of the Saami Parliament in Norway, and Kirt Ejesiak, executive council member from Canada at the Inuit Circumpolar Council, meet June 9 at the Global Preparatory Indigenous Peoples Conference in the Norwegian Arctic city of Alta. Read more about the conference, where Saami and Inuit work together as members of the Arctic Caucus, and Olli’s opening speech to the group of indigenous peoples from around the world June 10 on Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO COURTESY OF K. EJESIAK)