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Human Rights and Democratisation Thesis (E.MA)--Åbo Akademi University, 2015.

Looks at legislation protecting Sami land rights and customary usage in different countries.

Looks at souvenir labels, language choice and selection, and global and local tourism in a Sámi village in northern Finland.

Looks at the notion of philosophy from the perspective of Indigenous peoples. Chapter 14 from Re-Ethnicizing the Mind? Cultural Revival in Contemporary Thought edited by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Jürgen Hengelbrock.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2001.

Discusses concepts of self-government and self-determination, looks at developments in specific countries, and gives overview of international organizations which address problems in common across the circumpolar North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Overview of the importance of kinship relations, attitudes about child-rearing, education systems, and leisure activities in Greenland, the North Atlantic, and northern Scandinavia. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses the switch from small-scale to large-scale reindeer herding and reasons for the change. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Describes the peoples of the North, making distinctions between settlement patterns, migration, and assimilation of different ethnic groups. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Overview of reindeer biology, life style of herders, circumstances which led to intensification of herding and subsequent changes in Sami social organization. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Overview of the impact European explorers, traders and settlers had on traditional livelihoods of Indigenous peoples of the circumpolar North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Overview of emergence and characteristics of the Russian, Canadian, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish states and how the different regimes impacted the peoples of the circumpolar North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses social construction of language with emphasis on the influence of living conditions, lifestyle, population changes and national policy. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses reindeer husbandry as a system of northern adaptation and traditional circumpolar resource use, its ecological and historical roots, and ethnic and geographic diversity. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses northern movements for regional and Indigenous autonomy and cultural self-determination. Includes three examples: Greenland, Nunavut, and the Sami people of Northern Europe. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Brief explanation of how identity and culture are expressed in each of these areas. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses the concept and assessment of well-being, compares major trends in health status, income, unemployment, etc. internationally and nationally, and looks at problems in social services delivery. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Findings showed that Sami men had lower disease mortality rates than the overall Finnish population.

Comments on the commitments made by the ministers as a result of the Nuuk meeting in September 1993.

Nine indicators used: recognition of land/title, self-government rights, cultural rights, and customary law, upholding historic treaties and/or signing new treaties, guarantees of representation/consultation in central government, affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international instruments, and affirmative action. 2nd edition.

Nine indicators were used: recognition of land/title, self-government, customary law, and culture; legal affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international indigenous rights instruments, affirmative action, upholding and/or signing new treaties, and guarantees of representation/consultation in central government.

Discusses how Sami herders have adapted personally and communally to changing economic, cultural and ecological environments.

Discussion on the importance and culturally specific awareness of the artist's work.

Discussion of Sami urbanization, urbanity, and their absence in the local culture in Scandinavia. Focuses on resistance to including Sami place names on signage and lack of public monuments which acknowledge their existence and contributions to society.

Sociolinguist explains Sámi traditional knowledge systems, spirituality and culture.

Discusses three national museums in Stockholm with different but interconnected collections. Paper from Conference Current Issues in European Cultural Studies organized by the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden, 2011.

Text of the Convention in English (unofficial translation).

Examines three poems by the Sami poet for language employed as well as the geography and ecology of the Sami homeland occupying parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.

Comments on the changes in the world during the twelve years this journal has been published.

Examines the attitudes and relationships of Indigenous groups with the nuclear energy industry.

Book review of: Northscapes by Dolly Jørgensen, Sverker Sörlin. Entire book review section on one pdf. Read this review scroll to p. 68.

Comments on creating a training model that can be used to improve the availability and adequacy of skilled workers in four municipalities in Lapland.

Looks at how the Sami are represented in Finnish mainstream media using the newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat as an example.

Discusses the creation of the traditional Sami resource territories map with detailed locations and place names.

Comments on the impact of climate change on the health of Arctic inhabitants and looks at ways of assessing the interface between human-animal-environment.

Author studies introduction of snowmobile concurrent to the medical interventions in an isolated Skolt Sami community which sometimes produced questionable results.

Discusses the evolution of technologies used to restore and create space to preserve languages and cultures while communicating across cultural, political, and geographical boundaries.

Overview of primary results from several research studies on population health from Russia, Norway, Greenland, Finland, Sweden and Canada.

Focuses on the Sami and the Roma.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Umea University, 1997.

Discusses operations in three herding co-operatives and the changes that have taken place in response to availability of fodder.

Examines how Sámi deal with social and cultural-political change relating to the way of reindeer pastoralism.

Looks at how the Sami see their environment and their life experiences with the weather.

Discusses three examples of Sámi mathematics which could be part of a possible Sámi mathematics syllabus.

Articles cover five themes: Arctic cosmologies, beliefs, art and shamanism; Arctic lands, waters, and environment; Indigenous rights and customary law; topics for future teaching.

Study subjects who were overweight tended to have impaired performance abilities. Methods to increase physical activity through positive family influences are recommended.

Commentary on the article, "Welcome to the End of the World and discussion on Sámi culture and tourism.