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The Sami--Living Conditions and Health

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eiliv Lund
Magritt Brustad
Asle Hǿgmo
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 1, 2008, pp. 6-8
Brief editorial on special issue on diversity of living conditions and consequences for health and disease rates.
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Sámi Shamanism, Fishing Magic and Drum Symbolism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francis Joy
Shaman, vol. 23, no. 1-2, Spring/Autumn, 2015, pp. 67-102
Looks at the loss of Sámi traditional worldview, knowledge, and cultural practices due to the conquest by the Lutheran Church of the Sámi.
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Security in Canada’s North: Looking Beyond Arctic Sovereignty

Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-120]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bjorn Rutten
Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.
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Security in the North

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lassi Heininen
Looks at traditional security, comprehensive security, and threat and risk. Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
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A Serological Survey of Echinococcosis, Toxocariasis and Trichinellosis among Rural Inhabitants of Central Yakutia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sergey S. Nakhodkin
Vera G. Pshennikova
Paraskovia S. Dyachkovskaya
Nikolay A. Barashkov
Alena A. Nikanorova ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Study involved 90 participants and includes a questionnaire on food habits and environmental factors, and a venous blood sample. Findings indicate that only echinococcosis and trichinellosis appeared to be in Yakutia as health threats among the 3 investigated zoonoses.
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Shamanism and Rock Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francis Joy
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. 77-89
Explains the connection between Sami shamanism and rock art at Hossa on Lake Somerö in northern Karelia.
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'The Sieidi is a Better Alter/The Noaidi Drum's a Purer Church Bell': Long-Term Changes and Syncretism at Sámi offering sites

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiina Äikäs
Anna Kaisa Salmi
World Archaeology, vol. 45, no. 1, Archaeology of Religious Change, March 2013, pp. 64-82
Investigates the evolution of Sámi ethnic religious practices in northern Fennoscandia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia) through the amalgamation of different religious traditions into a new one.
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Social Impacts of Non-Renewable Resource Development on Indigenous Communities in Alaska, Greenland and Russia

Alternate Title
ReSDA GAP Analysis Report ; no. 2A
Resources and Sustainable Development n the Arctic (ReSDA) Gap Analysis Report ; no. 2A
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Schweitzer
Florian Stammler
Cecilie Ebsen
Aytalina Ivanova
Irina Litvina
Looks at formal and informal economic impacts, subsistence and cultural values, human mobility and Indigenous adaptations, and future scenarios.
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Social Responsibility of Mining Companies and Indigenous People of Chukotka

Alternate Title
Responsabilité Sociale des Compagnies Minières et Peuples autochtones de la Tchoukotka
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Oksana Kolomiets
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, 2021, pp. 365-391

Discusses the social and economic impact of mining companies' policies when extracting natural resources on Indigenous land. 

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Somatic Health in the Indigenous Sami Population: A Systematic Review

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Storm Mienna
Per Axelsson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
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.
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Soviet Policy Toward Siberian Native People: Something Different?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis Bartels
Alice B. Bartels
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 1987, pp. 59-80
Article concludes that the relative lack of opposition between Native Siberian and non-Native Siberians, stems from a greater knowledge of Siberian native people and the desire to expand traditional native occupations.
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Standing on Sacred Ground: Eight Cultures - One Fight

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Yarlott
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 3, Global Indigenous Higher Education, Spring, 2015
Film review of: Standing on Sacred Ground: Eight Cultures - One Fight directed by Christopher McLeod, narrated by Graham Greene.
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Stress Under Modernization in Indigenous Populations of Siberia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew I. Kozlov
Galina Vershubsky
Maria Kozlova
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 62, no. 2, 2003, pp. 158-166
Studied blood pressure readings and blood glucose results to determine effects of modernization on health.
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Striving to Unite: The Russian Sámi and the Nordic Sámi Parliament Model

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 2, no. 1, 2011, pp. 52-76
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.
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Substitution and Continuity in Southern Chukotka Traditional Rituals: A Case Study from Meinypilgyno Village, 2016–2017

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Konstantin Klokov
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 2, 2018, pp. 117-133
Discusses the resilience of reciprocity rites practiced by the Chukotka people in Russia; describes how the people continued to practice these rites, which honour their relationships with the reindeer and the salmon on which they subsisted, even as the Soviet state reordered the social and economic structures in their region.
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Suicide Among Indigenous Peoples: What Does The International Knowledge Tell Us?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antoon A. Leenaars
Marlene EchoHawk
David Lester
Lindsey Leenaars
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2007, pp. 479-501
Studies found that suicide is multi-determined and that there are no simple answers to the youth epidemic experienced worldwide. However, colonialism, and the residual effects of it, are cited as a common factor in all worldwide studies of suicide rates among Indigenous Peoples.
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Suicide in Circumpolar Regions: An Introduction and Overview

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Kue Young
Boris Revich
Leena Soininen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 74, Special Issue: Suicide and Resilience in Circumpolar Populations , 2015, p. article no. 27349
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
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Suicides in the Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Populations in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Northwestern Russia, and Associated Socio-Demographic Characteristics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yury A. Sumarokov
Tormod Brenn
Alexander V. Kudryavtsev
Odd Nilssen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 24308
Statistics reveal suicide rates were higher among the indigenous population than the non-indigenous population.
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The Sun, the Thunder, the Fires of Heaven

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa
ReVision, vol. 21, no. 1, Summer, 1998, pp. [4]-
Compares culture of the Native North American Indians to the Sami people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
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Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic: Inuit, Saami and the Indigenous Peoples of Chukotka (SLICA)

Alternate Title
InfoNorth: Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic: Inuit, Sami and the Indigenous Peoples of Chukotka (SLICA)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Andersen
Jack Kruse
Birger Poppel
Arctic, vol. 55, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 310-315
Describes a project comparing the living conditions of people in 13 Arctic regions within seven countries.
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Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic: Results

Alternate Title
SLiCA Results
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Birger Poppel
Jack Kruse
Gérard Duhaime
Larissa Abryutina
Summarizes responses from interviews conducted with 7,000 Indigenous residents of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the Chukotka region of Russia.
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Sustainable Reindeer Husbandry

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Johnny-Leo L. Jernsletten
Konstantin Klokov
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.
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Sustainable Reindeer Husbandry: Summary Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Johnny-Leo L. Jernsletten
Konstantin Klokov
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.
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Teaching with and about the Ivory Art from Chukotka and the Bering Strait

Alternate Title
Teaching with and about the Ivory Art from Chukotka and the Bering Strait (Research Note)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Igor Pasternak
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, 2021, pp. 479-498

Examines the contemporary practices of craving and engraving walrus ivory. 

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Territoriality and State-Sami Relations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Forrest
Looks at the interpretation of territoriality, state assimilation of the Sami, and the increase of state regulation in herding.
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"They Drink Because They Don't Have Money, and They Don't Have Money Because They Drink": Relation to Alcohol and Money Within a Chukotkan Village

Alternate Title
"Ils boivent parce qu’ils n’ont pas d’argent, et ils n’ont pas d’argent, parce qu’ils boivent" : Relation à l’alcool et à l’argent dans les villages de Tchoukotka
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anastassia Yarzoutkina
Nikolai Koulik
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, 2021, pp. 283-314

Outlines the relationship between alcohol and money as a cultural and social framework in Chukotkan villages. 

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