Controlling the “Wilderness” Through a Rationalised Reindeer Husbandry: The Establishment of the Sámi Nomad School in Sweden, 1906–1917 by Otso Kortekangas

Subjects: “…Sámi history…”
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Toponymic Notions of Sámi Past(s) by Otso Kortekangas

“…Place names did not merely reflect the area ‘as it was’, but also reflected ancient events, beliefs, and livelihoods. Keywords: Sámi history, Sámi toponymy, situated knowledge, Indigenous toponymy, Karl Nickul, Skolt Sámi, Petsamo, Suenjel, Suonikylä …”
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Márkomeannu#2118, the Future is Already Here: Imagining a Sámi Future at the Intersection of Art and Activism by Erika De Vivo

“…Counterpointing 19th-century theories predicting the imminent vanishing of Indigenous peoples while positioning the Sámi as modern Indigenous peoples with both a past and a future, this narrative constitutes an act of empowerment. Sámi history and intangible cultural heritage constituted repositories of meaning whereas a folktale constituted a framework for the festival-plot while providing an allegorical tool to read the present.…”
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“All I expect is that they accept that I am a Sami” an analysis of experiences of healthcare encounters and expectations for future care services among older South Sami in Norway... by Tove Mentsen Ness, Mai Camilla Munkejord

“…Moreover, they sometimes experienced that healthcare professionals had little or no knowledge about Sami history, culture and cosmology. They worried that they would not be accepted for being Sami if one day they would have to move into a nursing home. …”
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Samis in the city. A qualitative study of mental health and well-being among Samis in Stockholm by G. Maria Sundvall, Eva M. Eastwood, Sofie Bäärnhielm

“…The informants wished caregivers to increase their knowledge of Sami history and traditions.…”
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Transspråking i en samisk barnehageavdeling by Carola Kleemann

“…ENGLISH ABSTRACT Translanguaging in a Sámi kindergarten departement The coastal areas in Finnmark have a long Sámi history, where the Norwegianization processes have led to language change in many families and to Norwegian as the dominant language. …”
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