Complex Yoiks – A Time Traveller : Aboriginal Oral Traditions Among the Sámi in Sweden

• Main Author: Stoor, Krister
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier 2021
• Subjects: Sámi culture; yoik; reindeer herding; ethnomusicology; folklore; narrative; Ethnology; Etnologi; Traveller; Arctic; Fennoscandia; North Sámi; Sámi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-190154

This article presents research on the oral narration context and content of Yoik, the traditional Sámi acapella form of singing. The Sámi people are recognized as Indigenous in northern Fennoscandia. Although yoik has been brought into the modern world through combining with music forms such as rap...