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Information on the Council's composition, procedures and structures.

Looks at three geographical areas and several groups including Sami, Tsimshian, and Niisitapi and where initial colonial violence has given way to other forms of violence. Chapter from The Psychological Impact of War Trauma on Civilians edited by Stanley Krippner and Teresa M. McIntyre.

Looks at disparities in health care practices across circumpolar countries and regions.

Looks at some recently discovered errors in ancient manuscripts and the implications they have on Sámi history, religion, and culture today.

"Expanded Edition"

Paper reports on field research conducted in reindeer herding areas in Fenno Scandia.

Authors examine how traditional Indigenous knowledge might be integrated into knowledge-production and governance structures in the Norwegian and Finish Atlantic Salmon fisheries. Article advocates for using the Näätämö co-management project as an example of best practice in Arctic Environmental governance.

International Development Thesis (Masters)--University of Vienna, 2014.

Article investigates the survival rate in 3 pre-industrial human populations that lived in northern Scandinavia during 1640-1870.

A scoping literature review selected 43 articles published between 2005 and 2016; findings address 4 main themes relating to compromised access to healthcare: (1) the influence of physical geography, (2) healthcare provider-related barriers, (3) the importance of culture and language and (4) the impact of systemic factors.

Social Science Thesis--University of Lapland, 2012. Sami content.

Discusses Finnish art works depicting Sami people as romanticized without any true cultural representation.

Presents findings and recommendations from a study on the influence of United Nations treaties on 20 different countries.

Discusses four aspects of rights and political participation: negative, positive, procedural, and institutional. Excerpt from Restoring Indigenous Self-Determination: Theoretical and Practical Approaches edited by Marc Woons. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 80.

Exhibition review. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 32.

Discusses elements of traditional governance that should be considered in current governance processes to accommodate cultural differences.

Analyzes Finnish newspaper texts for journalists' linguistic and textual choices depicting the Sami.

Polar Law Thesis (M.A.)--University of Akureyri, 2017

International Relations Thesis (Masters)--University of Tampere, 2014.

Reports on challenges and proposals emerging from workshop groups at the first Nordic Conference on Indigenous Peoples and Dementia. The challenges identified in terms of provision of services in municipalities were: insufficient knowledge of rights and what they entail, lack of linguistic and cultural expertise, lack of tools for day-to-day work and development of operations, and developing collaborations between Nordic countries.

Overview of the Sami in Finland and Sweden and the disruption to reindeer herding because of changes in land use.

Discussion based on cases decided under the Optional Protocol to the Convent, on the Human Rights Committee's general comments and consideration of periodic report by States parties. Focuses on Article 1: the right of all peoples to self determination; and Article 27: the protection afforded under the notions of 'culture' and 'minority'.

Discusses historical and contemporary developments in the fields of education and language and examines the current endeavors toward Indigenous autonomy among the Sámi and First Nations people.

Contends there were unequal communication opportunities for Sami voters depending on language and geography.

Modern Languages for Communication and International Cooperation Thesis (M.A.)--Università degli Studi di Padova, [2018]

Looks at the Arctic holding 22 per cent of the world's undiscovered, technically recoverable, conventional oil and natural gas resources.

Looks at ineffective layers of arctic governance which includes local governments, central governments, indigenous councils and the international Arctic Council.

Paper presented at the 29th American Indian Workshop (2007) in Tromsø, Norway, compares Sami tourism to Native American tourism.

Article examines gender issues in Sami reindeer herding and government's failure to account for role of women.

Looks at the themes and game mechanics of two of the games created during the 2018 Sami Game Jam and demonstrates how new media development can recenter Indigenous Indigenous knowledge systems and cultural practices. Chapter from FDG'21: The 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2021 edited by Allan Fowler and Johanna Pirker.

Looked at a total of 21 municipalities, some of which have significant Sami populations.

Findings indicate the main factor concerning lighter skin is ability to synthesize vitamin D to resist rickets.

Reports on the progress of the International Circumpolar Surveillance (ICS) system of invasive bacterial diseases since its founding in 1998.

Comments on international cooperation in Arctic research is needed for weather, oceanography, geology in the Arctic and Subarctic, Arctic fishes, and freshwater fauna and floras, and archeological investigates and linguistic studies.

"This compendium includes ten reports outlining baccalaureate level nursing programs, delivered in all corners of the Circumpolar North, that have unique but often analogous challenges and contexts".

Highlights the articles in themed issue.

Explores the unique nature of Inuit political engagement in the Arctic using spatial and policy analysis. Chapter from Arctic Yearbook 2012 edited by Lassi Heininen, Heather Exner-Pirot, Joël Plouffe.

Findings indicate that giving birth to sons substantially reduced maternal longevity of Sami mothers in northern Finland.

Examines, Imaginary Homecoming, a contemporary photography production of Sami people by Jorma Puranen.

Looks at two concepts in the Sami language that relate to the Sami gift philosophy or worldview.

Describes multilingual signage.

Looks at folktales involving gypsies and Lapps (Sami) and the colonization of Lapland.

Looks at the decimation of the forests and habitat of the reindeer and the Greenpeace protests set up in old grow forests. Duration: 54.15.