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2 books match the query 'Lehtola, Veli-Pekka'

cover of Surviving the Upheaval of Arctic War: Evacuation and Return of the Sámi People in Sápmi and Finland During and After the Second World War

Surviving the Upheaval of Arctic War

Evacuation and Return of the Sámi People in Sápmi and Finland During and After the Second World War

Veli-Pekka Lehtola

University of Alaska Press, 2021

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Sámi People

Traditions in Transitions

Veli-Pekka Lehtola

University of Alaska Press, 2005

Sámi culture has undergone powerful changes recently.  Traditions have been integrated with contemporary influences and perspectives.  New kinds of Sámi participation and activism have evolved including innovative politics, informative media, expressive art and literature.
 
Accommodating internal and external changes is nothing novel to the Sámi.  The dialogue between what is traditional and what is modern is a natural part of their development towards the maintenance of Sámi cultural distinctness.
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