Regional Northern Identity: From Past to Future, International Research Conference ; 2006
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Torunn Pettersen
Description
Focuses on lack of Sami demographical knowledge, its importance, the reasons, and the role of Sami identity.
Paper presented at the Regional Northern Identity: From Past to Future, International Research Conference.
Indigenous Nations Ask World Council of Churches For Support
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas Ryan
Catholic New Times, vol. 30, no. 5, March 2006, p. 13
Description
Discusses a conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where Indigenous Nations talked to the World Council of Churches to ask for help stemming the tide of eroding cultures.
European Review of Native American Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2006, pp. 1-6
Description
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.
Re-Ethnicizing the Mind? Cultural Revival in Contemporary Thought
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ruana Kuokkanen
Description
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.
Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, vol. 5, no. 3, 2006, pp. 103-117
Description
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.
Act 4: Beyond Subject and State? Indigenous Interests in the Age of Globalization
Rethinking Nordic Colonialism: A Postcolonial Exhibition Project in Five Acts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rauna Kuokkanen
Description
Keynote speech from Act 4: Beyond Subject and State? Indigenous Interests in the Age of Globalization, University of Lapland, June 2006.
Part of exhibition project titled: Rethinking Nordic Colonialism: A Postcolonial Exhibition Project in Five Acts between March and November 2006.