Familiar Places: A History of Place Attachment in a South Sami Community
In contrast to situations in most other countries, Indigenous land rights in Sweden are tied to a specific livelihood—reindeer husbandry. Consequently, Sami culture is intimately connected to it. Currently, Sami who are not involved in reindeer husbandry use genealogy and attachment to place to sign...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:7e6297e3cc954626a03b0d0f9236a523 2023-05-15T18:06:16+02:00 Familiar Places: A History of Place Attachment in a South Sami Community Isabelle Brännlund 2019-10-01 https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy3040054 https://doaj.org/article/7e6297e3cc954626a03b0d0f9236a523 en eng MDPI AG 2313-5778 doi:10.3390/genealogy3040054 https://doaj.org/article/7e6297e3cc954626a03b0d0f9236a523 undefined Genealogy, Vol 3, Iss 4, p 54 (2019) sápmi kinship place taxation lands hist anthro-se Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2019 fttriple https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy3040054 2023-01-22T19:23:54Z In contrast to situations in most other countries, Indigenous land rights in Sweden are tied to a specific livelihood—reindeer husbandry. Consequently, Sami culture is intimately connected to it. Currently, Sami who are not involved in reindeer husbandry use genealogy and attachment to place to signal Sami belonging and claim Sami identity. This paper explores the relationship between Sami genealogy and attachment to place before the reindeer grazing laws of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I show that within local Sami communities the land representing home was part of family history and identity while using historical archive material, narratives, and storytelling. State projects in the late 19th century challenged the links between family and land by confining Sami land title to reindeer husbandry, thereby constructing a notion of Sami as reindeer herders. The idea has restricted families and individuals from developing their culture and livelihoods as Sami. The construct continues to cause conflicts between Sami and between Sami and other members of local communities. Nevertheless, Sami today continue to evoke their connections to kinship and place, regardless of livelihood. Article in Journal/Newspaper reindeer husbandry sami sami Unknown Genealogy 3 4 54 |
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In contrast to situations in most other countries, Indigenous land rights in Sweden are tied to a specific livelihood—reindeer husbandry. Consequently, Sami culture is intimately connected to it. Currently, Sami who are not involved in reindeer husbandry use genealogy and attachment to place to signal Sami belonging and claim Sami identity. This paper explores the relationship between Sami genealogy and attachment to place before the reindeer grazing laws of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I show that within local Sami communities the land representing home was part of family history and identity while using historical archive material, narratives, and storytelling. State projects in the late 19th century challenged the links between family and land by confining Sami land title to reindeer husbandry, thereby constructing a notion of Sami as reindeer herders. The idea has restricted families and individuals from developing their culture and livelihoods as Sami. The construct continues to cause conflicts between Sami and between Sami and other members of local communities. Nevertheless, Sami today continue to evoke their connections to kinship and place, regardless of livelihood. |
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Familiar Places: A History of Place Attachment in a South Sami Community |
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