Category: Sámi

Entries related to Sámi research and issues. All entries here should also be categorised under ‘indigenous peoples’, and most of them ‘Fennoscandia’ probably.

Кольские саами и антропологи Арктики потеряли большого друга

On By lukasallemannIn All, Announcements, Fennoscandia, Indigenous Peoples, Russian North, Sámi1 Comment

С большой скорбью сообщаем сегодня о грустной новости. Скончался Лейф Рантала, в течение многих лет являющийся ключевой фигурой саамских исследований в Университете Лапландии. С самого начала существования исследовательской группы антропологов в Рованиеми Лейф был нашим благосклонным сподвижником и незаменимым советчиком, время от времени участвуя с большим интересом в наших дискуссиях. Особенно, когда дело касалось российских …

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Kola Sámi research and Arctic Anthropology lost a great friend

On By FstammleIn All, Announcements, Fennoscandia, Indigenous Peoples, Russian North, Sámi

We are sad to spread the following news today: Leif Rantala, long time at the University of Lapland the grand old man of Sámi research, has passed away. From the very start of the anthropology team in Rovaniemi, he has been a benevolent, albeit quiet supporter, and joined with great interest some of our discussions. …

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New Article on Extractive Industries in Indigenous Areas in Canada and Sweden

On By KGranqvistIn All, Extractive Industries, Fennoscandia, Fieldwork, Indigenous Peoples, North American North, Publications, Sámi, Theoretical Issues

New article "Effects of mining on reindeer/caribou populations and indigenous livelihoods: community-based monitoring by Sami reindeer herders in Sweden and First Nations in Canada" in The Polar Journal, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2014, by Thora Martina Herrmann, Per Sandström, Karin Granqvist, Natalie D'Astous, Jonas Vannar, Hugo Asselin, Nadia Saganash, John Mameamskum, George Guanish, Jean-Baptiste Loon & …

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”Shamanism, Symbolism and Culture”

On By FstammleIn All, Announcements, conferences, Guests, Indigenous Peoples, Sámi, Spirituality

”Shamanism, Symbolism and Culture. Role and function of art in the transmission of culture and cultural practices” The University of Lapland's Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland, is pleased to announce confirmation of a 2 day International Shamanism Seminar which will be held on 27th - 28th of November 2014. The key speaker is Mihaly Hoppal from …

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Sacred Sites of Indigenous Peoples: conference and discussion

On By FstammleIn All, conferences, Fennoscandia, Indigenous Peoples, North American North, Russian North, Sámi1 Comment

Several colleagues at Arctic Centre Rovaniemi teamed up with our partners from Inari from the Sámi educational centre to organise a workshop on sacred sites in the Arctic. This was the second in a series of meetings on the topic, the first one having been a conference last September in Pyhätunturi and Rovaniemi. As participants …

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ORHELIA’s trip to Lovozero

On By lukasallemannIn All, Fieldwork, Indigenous Peoples, oral history, Russian North, Sámi3 Comments

Last weekend our almost complete research team of the ORHELIA project (only Roza was unfortunately missing) went to Lovozero, the Sami ‘capital’ of Russian Lapland. It was probably my shortest field trip ever, with only one full day at our disposal and almost two entire days spent in a car. The main goal this time …

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Report from two workshops at the Arctic Science Summit Week in Helsinki

On By hannahstraussmazzulloIn All, conferences, Fennoscandia, Indigenous Peoples, Russian North, Sámi

“Permafrost Dynamics and Indigenous Land Use” was the title of a two-day workshop at the Arctic Science Summit Week in Helsinki – which is still ongoing at the time of writing this post (5-11 April 2014). Organised by Joachim Otto Habeck and Hiroki Takakura, the workshop brought together scholars from different disciplines (from geosciences to …

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