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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Øyvind Odland
Shawn Donaldson
Alexey Dudarev
Anders Carlsen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, 2016, p. article no. 33949
Description
Overview of Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme reports starting with the 1998 report Arctic Pollution Issues; A State of the Arctic Environment Report. Provides an update on contaminant levels and health effects.
Nordlit, no. 23, Arctic Discourses, 2008, pp. 293-303
Description
Discusses changes from 1929 to 2007 regarding Sami identity in Finnmark. Looks at the movie Lajla produced in 1929 comparing it to another version produced in 1937.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Supplement 3, 2008, pp. 1-128
Description
Statistical data from Health Transitions in Arctic Populations used to compile statistical tables on all circumpolar countries and their northern regions outlining health status, determinants and healthcare.
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, vol. 9, no. 2, 2008, pp. 77-92
Description
Discusses Sami's traditional, co-operative style of reindeer husbandry and challenges faced by herders trying to maintain this system in a cash-driven economy.
The ApoB/apoA-1 in Sami, Kven and Norwegian Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tove Nystad
Egil Utsi
Randi Selmer
Jan Brox
Marita Melhus
Eiliv Lund
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 1, 2008, pp. [68]-83
Description
Findings revealed that middle aged Sami have elevated levels of apoB/apoA-1 ratio and total cholesterol compared with the overall Norwegian population.
Acta Borealia , vol. 26, no. 1, June 2009, pp. 96-114
Description
Article examines Norwegian policies to establish equality welfare measures while reconciling the conflict between a universal welfare policy and Sámi focused measures.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, 2016, p. article no. 31697
Description
Study "observes a heterogeneity in the prevalence of pre-diabetes and diabetes mellitus in different geographical regions both within and between different ethnic groups".
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 1, 2008, pp. 99-115
Description
Findings from over 12,000 individual surveys found that the Sami and Kven population experience discrimination and bullying more often than ethnic Norwegians.
Information on the: Tlingit, Haida, Eyak, Northern Cree, Montagnais-Naskapi, Sami, Chukchis, Dolgans, Gilyaks, Kamchadals, Ostyaks, Samoyeds, Ipiutak, and Inuit.
Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.
Northern Review, no. 43, Nursing Education in the Circumpolar North, 2016, pp. 1-10
Description
"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".
International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, vol. 5, no. 1 & 2, 2009, p. 39–54
Description
Discusses the evolution of technologies used to restore and create space to preserve languages and cultures while communicating across cultural, political, and geographical boundaries.
Looks at EALÁT, a Reindeer Herders Vulnerability Network Study and project examining reindeer pastoralism of the Sami and climate change.
Duration: 35:34.
Articles cover five themes: Arctic cosmologies, beliefs, art and shamanism; Arctic lands, waters, and environment; Indigenous rights and customary law; topics for future teaching.
Acta Borealia, vol. 26, no. 2, December 2009, pp. 175-193
Description
Discusses changes in perspective of the Sami people and their participation in research projects as a researcher as well as the subject of the research.
Key Principles in Implementing ILO Convention No. 169
Research on Best Practices for the Implementation of the Principles of ILO Convention No. 169: Case Study: Seven
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John B. Henriksen
Description
Covers selected principles of the Convention: concept of Indigenous peoples and their institutions, customs, customary laws, and participation in International Labour Organization's supervisory mechanisms, as well as their right to education, consultation, and to decide on development priorities.
Looks at Norway, Sweden and Finland.