Taking Care of the Ancestral Language: The Language Revitalization of Non-Status Sámi in Finnish Sápmi
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erika Katjaana Sarivaara
Satu Uusiautti
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1-16
Description
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.