Let's Get Sámi Savvy

Let's Get Sámi Savvy

[...]while reindeer herding is legally reserved exclusively for the Sámi in Scandinavia for environmental and political reasons, herders have never made up more than 10 percent of the Sámi population. In 1998, the Norwegian Government passed Article 101a of the Norwegian Constitution, which asserted...

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Published in:Scandinavian review 2014-07, Vol.101 (2), p.6
Main Author: Litell, Richard J
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:eng
Subjects:
folklore
Kola Peninsula
Language
Language culture relationship
Marakatt-Labba, Britta
Native peoples
Norwegian
Politics
Reindeer
Russia
Sami
Scandinavia
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Summary:[...]while reindeer herding is legally reserved exclusively for the Sámi in Scandinavia for environmental and political reasons, herders have never made up more than 10 percent of the Sámi population. In 1998, the Norwegian Government passed Article 101a of the Norwegian Constitution, which asserted that: "It is the responsibility of the authorities of the State to create conditions enabling the Sámi people to preserve and develop its language, culture and way of life." Since 1991, the Norwegian valley of Mandai, about 50 miles east of Tromso, has been the site of an annual (every July) gathering called the Riddu RiÖöu Festival.
ISSN:0098-857X