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1 online resource (xi, 149 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Who are the Russian Sami? -- Lost land, broken culture -- Language revival -- Educational re-orientation -- Political representation -- Conclusions. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sami (European people) -- Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government.
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Sami (European people) -- Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union. |
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Sami (European people) -- Politics and government |
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Sami (European people) -- Social conditions |
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Russia (Federation) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhhmCp3jtcMQbx3WgpXVC |
| Added Author |
Berg-Nordlie, Mikkel.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781299777262 (OCoLC)783144520 |
| ISBN |
9780857456687 (electronic bk.) |
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0857456687 (electronic bk.) |
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9780857456670 |
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0857456679 |
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9781299777262 |
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1299777260 |
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