Editing Tysfjord Municipality (section)

==History==
There are prehistoric [[rock carvings]] at Leiknes showing scenes of [[hunting]], and the world's oldest known depiction of an [[orca|orca whale]]. {{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}

In 1948, an investigation that had lasted for years, was dismissed in regards to "a large group of [[Sami people|Sami]] from Tysfjord".<ref name="Accusation">[Samiske grenseloser reddet tusenvis. - Så ble de beskyldt for landssvik - Nå får de oppmerksomhet og heder.] [Sami guides saved thousands. - Then they were accused of treason - Now they get attention and are lauded]</ref>
These individuals had worked as guides—guiding Norwegians who chose to flee into Sweden.<ref name=Accusation/>

In 2016, media uncovered the sexual abuse of 11 women; this was followed by more reports of sexual abuse—the [[Tysfjord Affair]].<ref name=TysfjordAffair/><ref>https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/3A5gX/den-moerke-hemmeligheten. [[Verdens Gang|VG]]. Retrieved 2022-10-15</ref><!-- In November 2017, a Norwegian police report was published exposing sexual abuse in the municipality.--><!--, following investigations in 2016-->. 92 persons were the suspects, in regard to 151 cases of sexual abuse from the 1950s to 2017; at least 2 persons have been convicted.<ref name="TysfjordAffair">https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/jla849/tystnaden-i-sapmi-fortielseskultur-under-lupen. [[Aftenposten]].no. Retrieved 2022-10-15</ref> Around two-thirds of the victims and alleged abusers were Sami.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-30 |title=Norway police uncover more than 150 rapes in remote region |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-rape-children-150-sex-abuse-assault-remote-region-tysfjord-sami-a8085336.html |website=[[Independent.co.uk]]}}</ref><!-- The community is described as being 'in recovery' but prosecution of the older cases has not been possible under Norwegian statute of limitations law.--> 40 cases dealt with sexual intercourse with underage children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC World Service - Assignment, Norway - A Community in Recovery |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvp08}}</ref>

===Ethnicity===
A 2004 article in [[Avisa Nordland]] estimated that out of 2,209 inhabitants, between 600 and 1000 are Sami.<ref>[http://www.an.no/nyheter/article1086039.ece Samisk Fadervår for sterk kost for nordmenn] [The prayer, ''Our Father''—in Sami—is too upsetting for Norwegians]</ref>