Nomadic Narratives of Sámi People’s Migration in Historic and Modern Times

Pigga Keskitalo

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-6561-4_3

Nomadic Narratives of Sámi People’s Migration in Historic and Modern Times

Pigga Keskitalo

Faculty of Education

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the experiences of Sámi people regarding migration to the Arctic region in Finland. In general, indigenous people tend to move to towns. Likewise, the Sámis had already started to move to towns in the southern areas of Finland before the 1960s. Migration to urban centers was increasing in line with worldwide trends, and the overall trend in Finland affected all areas and inhabitants in the country. Currently, 75% of Sámi children live outside the Sámi core areas in Finland, while most of the elders live in the core Sámi areas. This phenomenon creates new challenges for education. This chapter aims to find out what the Sámi themselves think about migration. This study contributes to the international interest in describing indigenous people’s migration in the modern age and, in their narratives, Sámi people highlight nomadic views of migration.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human migration in the Arctic
Subtitle of host publication	the past, present, and future
Editors	Satu Uusiautti, Nafisa Yeasmin
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	3
Pages	31-65
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-13-6561-4
ISBN (Print)	978-981-13-6560-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6561-4_3
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019
MoEC publication type	A3 Part of a book or another research book

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General education
History and archaeology

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