Arctic and antarctic information

The Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat is a support Secretariat for the International Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations that have Permanent Participant status in the Arctic Council.


IWGIA is an international, non-governmental human rights organization. We support indigenous peoples' struggle for human rights, self-determination, right to territory, control of land and resources, cultural integrity, and the right to development.

The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ІСС) is an international Indigenous Peoples' Organization representing approximately 160.000 Inuit living in the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Chukotka, Russia.

Arctic Network for the Support of the Indigenous Peoples of the Russian Arctic

AIA was formed by the Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association, U. S. and the Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the North of the Aleut District of the Kamchatka Region of the Russian Federation (AIPNADKR).

The Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC) is an international treaty organization established to defend the rights and further the interests internationally of American and Canadian Athabaskan members First Nation governments.

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is a national advocacy organization representing First Nation citizens in Canada, living in communities and in cities and towns across the country.

The Gwich'in Council International (GCI) is a non-profit organization, that represents all regions of the Gwich'in Nation in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Alaska.

The Grand Council of the Crees is the political body that represents the Crees or “Eeyouch” (“Eenouch” – Mistissini dialect), of eastern James Bay and Southern Hudson Bay in Northern Quebec.

The governing body of the Labrador Innu.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) is the national Inuit organization in Canada, representing four Inuit regions – Nunatsiavut (Labrador), Nunavik (northern Quebec), Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories.

Oceans North supports made-in-the-Arctic solutions through partnerships with indigenous organizations and northern communities that have a vested interest in Arctic ecological resilience and abundance.