Sámi Women. Terrestrial, Dialectal, Vigor, Ethos

• Main Author: DiGioia, Amanda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2016
• Subjects: Sámi women; colonization; patriarchal oppression; transnational violence; mujeres Sámi; colonización; opresión patriarcal; violencia transnacional; Ancho; Lengua; Sámi
• Online Access: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Lectora/article/view/315606

Sámi women, much like other women of the world, have faced numerous attacks on their ancestral lands, language, health, and culture. Colonization, which spurs on institutions of colonization and oppression, can be seen as the ultimate form of violence against indigenous women. Indigenous women throu...