Format:
Online-Ressource (162 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780857456670
Content:
The Sámi are a Northern indigenous people whose land, Sápmi, covers territory in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden. For the Nordic Sámi, the last decades of the 20th century saw their indigenous rights partially recognized, a cultural and linguistic revival and the establishment of Sámi parliaments. The Russian Sámi, however, did not have the same opportunities and were isolated behind the closed border until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This book examines the following two decades and the Russian Sámi's attempt to achieve a linguistic revival, to mend the Cold War scars, and to es
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Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Maps; Transcription; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Who Are the Russian Sámi?; Chapter 3 - Lost Land, Broken Culture?; Chapter 4 - Language Revival; Chapter 5 - Educational Reorientation; Chapter 6 - Political Representation; Chapter 7 - Conclusions; Appendix 1 - Glossary and Abbreviations; Appendix 2 - Sámi Population Estimates; Appendix 3 - Nuclear Bomb Testing on the Kola Peninsula; Appendix 4 - Interethnic Relations; Appendix 5 - Language; Appendix 6 - Three Intertwined Social Problems; Appendix 7 - The Complexity of Ethnic Identity; Bibliography
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Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857456687
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857456670
Additional Edition:
Print version Bridging Divides : Ethno-Political Leadership among the Russian Sámi
Language:
English
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