@inbook{051810ae9ca84fa2abb48cbb4319c1b5,
title = "From History to Herstory of the S{\'a}mi World: Proposing a feminist approach to the settlement history of Finnish Lapland",
abstract = "This chapter proposes a feminist approach to examining the settlement history of Finnish Lapland. S{\'a}mi women have been overlooked in historical examination, and, at the same time, they have been marginalized in the context of land and water rights. The main sources used in practically all previous studies on land rights have been written archival data regarding property ownership and historical documents related to taxation and the establishment of properties. Addressing the matter of S{\'a}mi land and water rights from such a perspective is problematic in many ways. While S{\'a}mi-related sources reflect the colonial and patriarchal structures of states, they do not address the situation in individual S{\'a}mi families or communities very accurately. In the eyes of the church and state, only men were considered active agents eligible to produce documents in the community, and only men were usually mentioned as taxpayers in sources related to taxation. This chapter suggests that in order to arrive at a more in-depth understanding of the phenomenon, it is necessary to research the relationship between the S{\'a}mi and the lands more closely from different perspectives and using different sources.",
keywords = "S{\'a}mi research, Indigenous research, indigenous peoples, feminist theory, settlement history, S{\'a}mi people, women, women's history, woman's status",
author = "Saara Alakorva and Ritva Kylli and Jarno Valkonen",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 selection and editorial matter, Sanna Valkonen, {\'A}ile Aikio, Saara Alakorva and Sigga-Marja Magga; individual chapters, the contributors.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.4324/9781003025511-8",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780367458157",
series = "Routledge Worlds",
publisher = "Routledge",
pages = "100--114",
editor = "Sanna Valkonen and Aikio, {{\'A}ile } and Alakorva, {Saara } and Sigga-Marja Magga",
booktitle = "The S{\'a}mi World",
address = "United Kingdom",
}