Establishment and implementation of equal legal status for the indigenous peoples of the North (S'ami, Karelian and Ingrian) in the Finnish experience

The article is devoted to the mechanism for the establishment and protection of legal status of indigenous peoples of the North. The issues of legal implementation and particular legislative enforcement measures for the exercise of cultural autonomy for Sámi, Karelian and Ingrian peoples are considered. The authors analyse the extent to which these rights are accessible and, on the basis of Finland’s experience, make a number of recommendations to address the ambiguity of the status of sub-Arctic ethnic minorities.