It was on March 22 that the government decided to grant a processing concession to the mining company Jokkmokk Iron mines.
This week's 15 minutes from Sápmi focuses on how the decision has been received.
For Jan-Erik Länta, this means that his confidence in the rule of law has more or less disappeared.
- The government had really had the chance to show Sami rights.
In what they presented, they did not mention anything about the international conventions that Sweden has entered into.
This was evident in the response to our opinion, he says.
"When politics refuses to hold talks"
Kaisa Raito, researcher and political scientist at SLU, understands that feeling.
- When you have an issue where you completely leave out one party's most important issue, namely rights, you can not imagine that the conflicts are gone, she says for 15 minutes from Sápmi.
She continues:
- What we see from the research is that you then have to absorb other channels.
When politics refuses to hold talks, then you have to go to the judiciary, court proceedings and to the protests.
"Let the courts try the mining issues"
At the same time, the government has flagged that they want to speed up the decision-making processes on these issues.
Lawyer Camilla Wikland is skeptical.
She believes that the government should not be decision-making at all.
- It is not legally certain today.
And you absolutely can not speed it up.
On the contrary, you have to change and let the courts try the mining issues.
There is no reason for the government to make those decisions, says Camilla Wikland.
But for Jåhkågasska tjiellde, the fight is still not over.
- We can not lie down and die.
But we have to find ways for our own sake and see what we can do for the future, says Jan-Erik Länta, chairman of Jåhkågasska tjiellde.
15 minutes from Sápmi is broadcast on Saturday at 16.05 on SVT2 and on SVT Play already from 02 o'clock on Saturday night.