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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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-164230 2023-10-09T21:55:35+02:00 Familiar Places : A History of Place Attachment in a South Sami Community Brännlund, Isabelle 2019 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-164230 https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy3040054 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier Umeå universitet, Centrum för samisk forskning (CeSam) Umeå universitet, Enheten för demografi och åldrandeforskning (CEDAR) , 2019, 3:4, s. 1-18 Genealogy, 2313-5778, 2019, 3:4, s. 1-18 orcid:0000-0001-9380-0821 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-164230 doi:10.3390/genealogy3040054 ISI:000617482800005 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Sápmi kinship place taxation lands History Historia Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2019 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy3040054 2023-09-22T14:01:16Z 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 Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) 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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