Finland

Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.Phil.)--The Arctic University of Norway, 2014.

Outlines legal and policy framework and areas of concern, and makes recommendations. Addendum to main report.

Looks at the Sami reindeer herding community of Sevettijö Skolt and state subsidy policy.

Based on data obtained through interviews with Dutch companies and representatives of local communities.

First systematic review of somatic health among Indigenous Sami; results indicate that the incidence of many diseases are similar to those for non-Sami peoples, and that there is a need for longitudinal studies.

Discusses the connection between yoik poetry and modern Sami poetry.

Describes efforts to establish comparable political representation in Russia. Discusses key initiatives and their origins, effects of activists' approach and certain functions of the original institutions.

Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oulu, 2017.

Study based on interviews with 25 individuals from the Six Nations of the Grand River in Canada and 20 individuals from the Inari municipality in Finland.

Editorial introducing the special section on suicide and resilience in circumpolar regions which focuses on the extent and magnitude of the problem of suicidal behaviours. Special section: Suicide and Resilience in Circumpolar Populations

Compares culture of the Native North American Indians to the Sami people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.

Describes a project comparing the living conditions of people in 13 Arctic regions within seven countries.

Study concludes that distance to treatment centres or ethnicity appear to have no effect on cancer patient survival in northern Finland.

Some information pertains to the Sami.

Book review of: Sustainable Development in the North edited by Gérard Duhaime, Rasmus Ole Rasmussen and Robert Comtois.

Analysis of situation in Russia, Norway, Finland, Alaska, and Sweden for Sami herders in terms of management systems, economic efficiency, external conditions, and legislation. Summary Report.

Analysis of situation in Russia, Norway, Finland, Alaska, and Sweden for Sami herders in terms of management systems, economic efficiency, external conditions, and legislation. Full Report.

Discusses event configuration, constraints imposed on game design by creation of Sami themes and priorities, the process of collaborative development, and three games created at the event: Rievssat, Lost Memories, and Jodus - On the Move.

Exposes the injustice of people who are of Sámi descent but aren't given Sámi status as defined by Finnish law of the Sámi parliament. This group has started to use the Sámi language extensively in revitalization efforts.

Author's opinion regarding telemedicine.

Describes how the Lule Sami people obtained Sami status in Norway in the 1970s.

Compares the experience of the Sami to that of Canadian Aboriginals. 2nd ed., revised and expanded.

Looks at the similar characteristics between rock paintings and Sámi drum symbolism.

Discusses the socio-linguistic conditions of aboriginal languages in Canada and Europe with an emphasis on recent efforts to develop programs that enhance and protect them.

Analysis based on view that animals are actors that have mutual relationships and social contracts with people.

Using the Sami people as an example, argues that political decolonization is important for realizing self-determination, reconnecting with culture, and becoming intellectually self-governing.

Examines changes in herding and husbandry from an intensive system to a modern market economy.

Part of the SMART project developed to provide trainers with reference material and real life examples to help companies and operators with sustainable Arctic tourism issues.

Discusses importance of transnational autonomy in the context of the Indigenous people of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia and the non-Indigenous people living in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

On discharge, patients and therapists completed questionnaire rating self-defined ethnicity, how ethnicity was perceived by others, and use of language in variety of situations.

Reports results of survey conducted by the Reindeer Herder's Association with individuals from two ethnic communities. Those who identified themselves as Finns focused on matters relating to financial capital and profit. Sami herders spoke more about social, human and cultural capital.

Book review of: Unfinished Constitutional Business? edited by Barbara A. Hocking. Review located by scrolling to page 205.

Polar Studies Thesis (M.Phil.)--University of Cambridge, 1989

Concludes that fortification or supplementation of vitamin D is necessary for most of the people living in the northern latitudes during the winter season.

Analyzes a website advertising guesthouses owned and run by a Sámi woman living in the village of Inari, northern Finland.

Study results show that making drums for a Sámi person is a way of sustaining culture, heritage, and identity.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Helsinki, 2012. Examines Sami Paadar brothers settlement case.

Looks at future public policy decisions regarding tourist use in designated wilderness areas that has raised concerns for Sami people.

Results from study of 502 males from 16 ethnic groups shows bottleneck effect in male lineages of the Finns and the Sami.