The Sami People.The Sami People The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami, Lapps, sometimes also Laplanders) are the indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Veli-Pekka Lehtola, author; Linna Weber Muller-Wille, translator University of Alaska Press The University of Alaska Press is a nonprofit scholarly publisher and distributor of works concerning Alaska, the northern Pacific Rim, and the circumpolar regions. It is associated with the University of Alaska. PO Box 756240, 104 Eielson Building, Salcha Street, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6240 1889963755 $27.95 1-888-252-6657 www.uaf.edu/uapress Enhanced with both color and black/white photography, maps, a glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. , and a bibliography, The Sami People: Traditions In Transition by Veli-Pekka Lehtola is written from the perspective of the indigenous Sami people of Scandinavia and European Russia, the only ethnic group in Europe to be recognized as aboriginals. An economically and culturally diverse people who speak several dialects of the Sami language, they have been divided by national borders for centuries. In recent decades the Sami have been transitioning from their principle image as herders of reindeers to such contemporary enterprises as writers, artists, and political activists. The Sami People is written by academician and Sami native Veli-Pekka Lehtola (a Senior Research Fellow, University of Oulu The University of Oulu (Oulun yliopisto in Finnish) is the second largest university in Finland. It was founded on 8th of July 1958. The university has around 17,000 students and 3,000 staff. , Finland), and is available in English thanks to the excellent and pains-taking translation skills of Linna Weber Muller-Wille. A unique and invaluable work of original research, The Sami People will prove to be of special interest and value to the study of circumpolar cir·cum·po·lar adj. 1. Located or found in one of the Polar Regions. 2. Astronomy Denoting a star that from a given observer's latitude does not go below the horizon. aboriginal peoples, and is an important contribution to the fields of anthropology, sociology, ethnic cultural studies, and European history. |
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