Ethnic Reindeer Herders:Groupness among reindeer-herding Sámi in Northwest Finnish Lapland

In the article, we examine the ethnic groupness among Sámi reindeer herders in Northwest Finnish Lapland. According to our results, reindeer herders recognize different groupnessess. Sáminess is perceived as an ethnic and often local, family-related groupness. Moreover, Sámi ethnicity is closely bou...

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Published in:Ethnicities
Main Authors: Nykänen, Tapio, Valkeapää, Leena
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
groupness
identifications
Indigenous people
Nomadism
reindeer herding
state
Sámi
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name=Political science
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name=Other agricultural sciences
Lapland
Online Access:https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/19fc0087-bc86-4021-bb9e-cdf5fb51545c
https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796818810237
https://lacris.ulapland.fi/ws/files/5936482/Ethnic_Reindeer_Herders_Nykanen.pdf
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Summary:In the article, we examine the ethnic groupness among Sámi reindeer herders in Northwest Finnish Lapland. According to our results, reindeer herders recognize different groupnessess. Sáminess is perceived as an ethnic and often local, family-related groupness. Moreover, Sámi ethnicity is closely bound to the local herding life on the fells, in the cultural landscape of nomadism. Finnishness, on the other hand, involves meanings relating to the state and nation in particular. The interviews provide indications of the general rise of Sámi culture, the long-term influence of Finnish culture and the state and the multidimensional nature of ethnicities in everyday life, that is, an overlapping and richness of ethnicities and identifications.

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