konserwowanie: Sámi people

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The Sámi (US: SAH-mee, UK: also SAM-ee; also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi-speaking indigenous people inhabiting the region of Sápmi. Formerly known as Lapland, Sápmi encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Historically, the Sámi have been known in English as Lapps or Laplanders; however, these terms are exonyms, regarded as offensive by some Sámi, who prefer their own endonym. Their traditional languages are the Sámi languages, which are classified as a branch of the Uralic language family. Traditionally, the Sámi have pursued a variety of livelihoods, including coastal fishing, fur trapping, and sheep herdin…

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Sámi Traditional Knowledge (árbediehtu) within Reindeer Herding and its Relevance in “Green Transition”. The second NORSIL–NKJ seminar, held from 16-17 June 2026 in Tromsø, examined the role of Sámi traditional knowledge (árbediehtu), Sámi law, and reindeer-herding governance in the context of a just green transition across Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Bringing together more than thirty researchers, students, Sámi representatives, and stakeholders, the seminar explored how industrial development, renewable-energy projects, mining, and infrastructure affect Sámi lands, livelihoods, culture, and self-determination. Discussions emphasized that árbediehtu is a living, relational body of knowled…

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The culture of Finland combines indigenous heritage, as represented for example by the country's national languages Finnish (a Uralic language) and Swedish (a Germanic language), and the sauna, with common Nordic and European cultural aspects. Because of its history and geographic location, Finland has been influenced by the adjacent areas, various Finnic and Baltic peoples as well as the former dominant powers of Sweden and Russia. Finnish culture is built upon the relatively ascetic environmental realities, traditional livelihoods, and heritage of egalitarianism (e.g. everyman's right, universal suffrage) and the traditionally widespread ideal of self-sufficiency (e.g. predominantly rural…

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Sápmi is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. Sápmi includes the northern parts of Fennoscandia, stretching over four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Most of Sápmi lies north of the Arctic Circle, bounded by the Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, and White Sea. In the south, Sápmi extends to the counties of Trøndelag in Norway and Jämtland in Sweden. Most of the Sámi population is concentrated in a few traditional areas in the northernmost part of Sápmi, such as Kautokeino and Karasjok. Inari is considered one of the centres of Sámi culture. In the past, the Sámi settlement reached much farther south, possibly to present-day Oslo in the west and the lakes…

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Duovddamuitu sámi boazodoalus – Sápmelaš boazodoalu kulturdiehto vuogádat Jávrrešduoddara orohagas Davvi-Suomas. This review demonstrates how the theory landscape memory can be used in anthropological research within local communities. This case study analyzes how Sami reindeer herders gain and use their professional skills and reindeer terminology and how their skills develop into landscape memory. The case study is based on field work done in Jávrrešduottár, a Sami community in northern Finland. Landscape memory is at the core of the reindeer Sami cultural knowledge system and it includes a community’s history, language, values, livelihood patterns and cultural ways of perceiving the land…

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The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and North America, as well as the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland, and the autonomous region of Åland. The Nordic countries have much in common in their way of life, history, religion and social and economic model. They have a long history of political unions and other close relations but do not form a singular state or federation today. The Scandinavist movement sought to unite Denmark, Norway and Sweden into one…

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Indigenous Influence and Engagement in Mining Permitting in British Columbia, Canada: Lessons for Sweden and Norway?. Mine developments in Indigenous territories risk disrupting Indigenous cultures and their economies, including spiraling already high levels of conflict. This is the situation in Canada, Sweden, and Norway, as elsewhere, and is fostered by current state legal framework that reflect historical trajectories, although circumstances are gradually changing. Promising institutional changes have taken place in British Columbia (BC), Canada, with respect to new legislative reforms. Notably, new legislation from 2019 intends to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights o…

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The significance of Sámi rights in the Nordic countries—an introduction

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How Neoliberalism Shapes Indigenous Oral Health Inequalities Globally: Examples from Five Countries.. Evidence suggests that countries with neoliberal political and economic philosophical underpinnings have greater health inequalities compared to less neoliberal countries. But few studies examine how neoliberalism specifically impacts health inequalities involving highly vulnerable populations, such as Indigenous groups. Even fewer take this perspective from an oral health viewpoint. From a lens of indigenous groups in five countries (the United States, Canada, Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Norway), this commentary provides critical insights of how neoliberalism, in domains including…

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Part II: Ideas About the Sámi Reindeer Nomadism in Europe in the 16th – 19th Centuries. Abstract Authored by Dr. Nellejet Zorgdrager, this section surveys European perceptions of Sámi reindeer nomadism across four centuries. Drawing on travel accounts, maps, and scholarly works in Latin, German, English, and French, this examination explores how outsiders described the Sámi and reindeer husbandry. Early sources, such as Ziegler, Herberstein, and Olaus Magnus, offered mythologized views that were gradually refined by more empirical accounts from figures like Martinière, Schefferus, Mottraye, Linnaeus, and others. These observers documented Sámi livelihoods and their interactions with reindee…

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Sámi reindeer herding as resilient way of life

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Learning by Herding – Transmission of Sámi Reindeer Herding Knowledge and Skills. Abstract The chapter addresses the issues of disseminating the knowledge and skills of the Sámi reindeer herders: frameworks, methodologies, and ways of knowledge transmission in reindeer husbandry. The chapter overviews existing teaching practices, learning levels, and learning arenas, comparing traditional knowledge transmission and academic curriculum. The authors discuss lifelong learning, systematic learning methods, and responsibilities. The chapter findings are based on the interviews with the Sámi reindeer herders from Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino, a literature review, and author’s reindeer herding experie…