The Sami

The Sami

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  http://www.charlottesblogshop.com/about-the-sami- Sami family in Norway ca. 1900 bracelets/history-sami-bracelets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people http://www.imaginenative.org/program.php?id=97 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people
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  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/422733.The_Sami_People http://yle.fi/sapmi/oddasat/2012/02/dutki_maid_suomas_leamas_kolonialisma_3229297.html
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  The Sámi • TheSámi are western Europe’s only recognized indigenous people. • Their homeland, Sápmi, extends across the northern regions of Norway, Sweden, and Finland and the Kola Peninsula. http://winterwijs.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/lapland.jpg
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  The Sámi People Traditions in Transitions • Presenting both traditional and modern Sámi culture and practices, Veli-Pekka Lehtola addresses the way the Sámi have responded to encroachment by non Sámi peoples and to assimilation pressures. • After reading about the variety of traditional life ways among the Sámi, we will focus on the cultural revitalization that has taken place since the 1970s.
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  Themes • Relationship betweenthe Sámi and the land • Diversity in traditional Sámi life ways • 19th and 20th century assimilation pressures • Cultural awakening and political activism • Sámi cultural revitalization
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  Questions to consideras you read • What similarities and differences do you notice between the cultures of the Sámi and northern North American indigenous peoples? • What similarities and differences do you notice in the histories of encounters between the Nordic and the North American indigenous peoples and “western” peoples? • Why do you think the Sámi have been fairly effective in their demands for recognition since the 1970s?
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  http://www.tek-9.org/forum/culture_-_travel-59/amazing_nature-places-89697.html?page=3