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

Article investigates the advantages and limits of global social media for a small localized group by studying Twitter categories created by users.

Examines the evolution of the Sami women's movement and how they have overcome various challenges. To access this article scroll down to page 38.

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

Results indicate a similar rate of abortion on demand and fertility rate.

Reports on the fact that Indigenous political participation is territorially defined in Canada but is not in Norway, therefore representation can be diluted.

Review of national strategies, plans, projects and users in the health social sectors.

Study shows that even remote municipalities can be transformed into innovative and attractive places to work and live.

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

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".

Introduction to special issue on Sámi culture.

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.

Examines the tourism policy of the Lofoten Islands in Norway. Suggests that future policy requires better documentation and incorporation of the non-economic considerations of the tourism industry, including aesthetics, recreational opportunities, inspiration, social relations, cultural heritage, knowledge, spirituality, and identity. Also notes that landscape preservation is seen to be the highest priority.

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

Looks at the reasons for different outcomes between the two communities with similar characteristics.

Global Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Brandeis University, 2014. Draws connections between Kven and Sami people.

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

Discusses novel dealing with the conflict between the Sámi and Norwegian cultures.

Case study of the issues surrounding Norwegian Supreme Court decision involving Sámi customary land use and ownership rights in the Manndalen valley.

History of discussions surrounding Sami land and water rights and legal consequences of claims in Norway.

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 national legislation, international law, and Sámi customary law to review rules involving the legal protection of Sámi culture, Sámi indigenous people and minorities in Norway.

Results show that the highest level of contaminants was found in the liver with indications of low elevated risk associated with consumption.

Contends that Indigenous organizations that work through international bodies are more advantageous than working at the national level.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.Phil.)--University of Tromsø, 2008.

Looks at how Sami 80 years and older supported themselves before economic modernization. Uses nineteenth-century census registrations and ethnographic sources.

Examines responses of 1000 respondents to 39 statements of attitudes and values associated reindeer presence and management in two regions.

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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.

Interview with anthropologist whose interests lay in Sami ethno-politics and reindeer pastoralism.

Data collected in 1994/95 among 2,950 high school students and in 1997/98 among 1,510 follow-ups. Key findings for Sami adolescents included lower drinking rate, higher levels of parental abstinence, and tendency to drink in public places.

Analyses the representation of the Norwegian Sámi in local and regional tourist brochures.

Looks at the debate regarding the sacralisation of a mountain slated for ski slope development and the role of religion and secular law in the definition of sacred.

Findings indicated that Sami people have a greater rate of participation in the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) in spite of a lower risk of breast cancer.

Study of 288 patients examines outcomes for patients with a mPC diagnosis and compares those outcomes based on income and the distance the patient lives from the oncology department. Results showed no statistically significant disparities.

Discusses ways to approach the increasing amount of scholarship on the Sámi and the emerging field of Sámi studies.

Introduction to special issue reviewing the resilience theory.

Study showed that marginalised Sami living in Norwegian dominated areas were more than twice as likely than non-marginalised Sami from Sami majority areas to report lifetime cardiovascular disease.

Article summarizes and examines results from the 2017 living condition-survey among people with an intellectual disability in Sami Areas in Norway. Findings indicate that people with an intellectual disability have poorer mental health compared to the general population, and that people who have Sami heritage have further compromised mental health.

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.

Looks at emergence of political activism and different approaches and forms of accommodation which have developed in Circumpolar North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.