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[Flag of Arctic Council]
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 October 2013


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Arctic Council

The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum which addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic. The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council as a high level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic issues, in particular issues of sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic. Member States of the Arctic Council are Canada, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden, and the United States of America.
In addition to the Member States, the Arctic Council has the category of Permanent Participants. This category is open equally to Arctic organizations of indigenous peoples with a majority of Arctic Indigenous constituency representing a single Indigenous people resident in more than one Arctic State; or more than one Arctic Indigenous people resident in a single Arctic State.
Home page: http://www.arctic-council.org/
Zoltan Horvath, 25 February 2010


About the Flag

[Flag of Arctic Council]
Variant flag; image by Jean-Marc Merklin, 20 May 2023

Its flag is white with its emblem, which is a arctic fox and the globe from North Pole representing the area where this organization operates.
Image of flag: http://arctic-council.org/imagearchive/caseimage_slideshowpicture_hjul12.jpg.
Indigenous Peoples at the Arctic Council also have flags, some of them can be seen at: http://arctic-council.org/imagearchive/caseimage_slideshowpicture_sao2.jpg. Home page of Indigenous Peoples where their emblems are available: http://www.arcticpeoples.org/.
Zoltan Horvath, 25 February 2010

I found updated info about flag of Arctic Council. English name of the Council in blue letters is placed under two globes.
Images of flag: Image 1  and Image 2
Zoltan Horvath, 15 October 2013


Previously Reported Flag

[Flag of Arctic Council]
image by Zoltan Horvath, 25 February 2010


Indigenous Member Communities' Flags

"As of 2014, six Arctic indigenous communities have Permanent Participant status. These groups are represented by the Aleut International Association (AIA), Arctic Athabaskan Council, Gwich'in Council International, Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON), and the Saami Council. These indigenous organisations vary widely in their organisational capacities and the size of the population they represent. To illustrate, RAIPON represents some 250,000 indigenous people of various (mostly Siberian) tribes; the ICC some 150,000 Inuit. On the other hand, the Gwich'in Council and the Aleut Association each represent only a few thousand people."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Council
These indigenous communities' flags are seen here.
Source: http://globalwarmingisreal.com/2015/07/16/politics-of-a-warming-arctic/
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015


Aleut International Association (AIA)

[Flag of Aleut International Association]
image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 November 2015

The Aleut International Association (AIA) represents Aleut on the Russian and American Aleutian, Pribilof and Commander Islands  It was established in 1998.
It is 11th flag from left to right. The flag is the logo on a horizontal flag.
Source: http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/about-us/permanent-participants/aia
Official website: http://www.aleut-international.org/
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015


Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC)

[Flag of Arctic Athabaskan Council]
image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 November 2015

It was established to defend the rights and further the interests internationally of American and Canadian Athabaskan member First Nation governments. It was (most likely) established in 2000.
Source: http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/about-us/permanent-participants/aac
It is 10th flag from left to right. The flag is the logo on a horizontal flag.
Official website: http://www.arcticathabaskancouncil.com/aac/  
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015


Gwich'in Council International (GCI)

[Flag of Gwich'in Council International]
image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 November 2015

It was founded as an NGO by the Gwich'in Tribal Council in Inuvik, it was etablished in 1999.
Source: http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/about-us/permanent-participants/gci
It is 12th flag from left to right. The flag is the logo after the name of the organization in dark brown letters, on a dark yellow horizontal flag.
Official website: http://www.gwichin.org/
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015


Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)

[Flag of Inuit Circumpolar Council]
image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 November 2015

It was formerly Inuit Circumpolar Conference (Greenlandic: Inuit Issittormiut Siunnersuisoqatigiifiat).
They represent Inuit (also refered to as Eskimo) in Alaska/United States, Canada, Greenland/Denmark  and Chukotka/Russia. It was established in 1977.
Source: http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/about-us/permanent-participants/icc
13th flag from left to right. The flag is the new logo on a white horizontal background.
Official website: http://www.inuitcircumpolar.com/
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015


Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON)

See: Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North


Saami Council (SC)

[Flag of Saami Council]
image by Zoltan Horvath, 23 November 2015

(Suomi: Saamelaisneuvosto, Norsk: Samerådet (nordsamisk: Sámiráðði), Союз Саамов: Sojuz Saamov, Svenska: Samerådet)
It is a voluntary Saami organization (a non–governmental organization), with Saami member organizations in Finland, Russia, Norway and Sweden. It was established in 1956.
Source: http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/about-us/permanent-participants/sc
It is 15th flag from left to right. The flag is the logo (in yellow and red colors) over a white horizontal flag.
Official website: http://www.saamicouncil.net/
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2015