Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

==== 1970-1979 ====

* Biedjovággi mines open their first operating period in 1970.<ref name="Askheim">{{Citation |last=Askheim |first=Svein |title=Bidjovagge |date=21 March 2021 |work=Store norske leksikon |url=https://snl.no/Bidjovagge |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=no}}</ref>
* Kautokeino Easter Festival is organized for the first time in Kautokeino in 1971<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tale til åpning av samisk påskefetival i Kautokeino - Sametinget |url=https://sametinget.no/aktuelt/tale-til-apning-av-samisk-paskefetival-i-kautokeino.20363.aspx |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=sametinget.no}}</ref>
* The [[Nordic Sámi Institute|Nordic Sami Institute]] is established in 1973 and placed in Kautokeino.
* On Monday, 25 November 1974, a referendum is held on whether it should be legal to sell beer in stores in Kautokeino. 393 vote against and 192 voted yes. Approximately 40% of eligible voters cast their vote.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/d126f738e738ff0ea3d9827af4068421?page=5&searchText=%22%C3%B8lsalg%20i%20kautokeino%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* Biedjovággi mines close for the first time due to low copper prices in 1975.<ref name="Askheim" />
* Kautokeino municipal council opposes the development plans for the Alta-Kautokeino watershed when the issue was discussed in the municipal council on 19 January 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/6acd2dda0cd50ebaa37659652ad601ab?page=19&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The Kautokeino School Board decides to maintain the [[joik]] ban in the school, which was adopted in 1953.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/ff7d40ee5ff3b37563b3f5bd61a00c60?page=0&searchText=%22joik%22 |access-date=6 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On 1 November 1976, national road 92 between Karasjok and Kautokeino is opened for car traffic on the last remaining section; thus reducing the shortest car route between the two places from 378 kilometers to 146 kilometers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/5f57ef1d57ca5f7d130d8ec76959e9ea?page=0&searchText=%22indre%20riksvei%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The Sámi Education Council is established in 1977 and the secretariat is placed in Kautokeino.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/40da92ea522a320fe402a3f460ba9197?page=3&searchText=%22samisk%20utdanningsr%C3%A5d%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On 30 November 1978, the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) decides to develop the Kautokeino-Alta watershed. This led to major protests and is later known as the opposition to the development of the Kautokeino-Alta watershed. The investment cost estimate was 600 million Norwegian kroner, corresponding to 3,1 billion Norwegian kroner in 2023.<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="Priskalkulator" />