1. 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
3. The Sámi
• The Sámi 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
4. 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.
5. Themes
• Relationship between the Sámi and the land
• Diversity in traditional Sámi life ways
• 19th and 20th century assimilation pressures
• Cultural awakening and political activism
• Sámi cultural revitalization
6. Questions to consider as 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?
