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Recent Arctic warming is a threat to Sámi reindeer herding in the Nordic region as more frequent freeze-thaw episodes temporarily block the reindeers' access to lichen under the snow. But climate change is only one of the many other contemporary challenges affecting reindeer husbandry, which include the effects of wind turbines and mineral extraction. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Sámi reindeer owners in Finnmark, Norway, this article discusses how 'compound dispossessions' are mitigated and negotiated in relation to Sámi notions of reindeer-herding practices and colonial legacies. The author argues that Sámi reindeer herders are facing 'uncommon grounds' due not only to climate change and infrastructural encroachments, but also to repeated mistranslations that amplify compound dispossession in a region marked by shifting bioethical regimes.

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