Sámi communities in Sweden and Norway and the reappropriation of the past : a comparative study of the return of the skeletal remains in Rounala and Neiden

• Main Author: Martin-Wurtz, Laura
• Other Authors: Helsingin yliopisto, Humanistinen tiedekunta, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts, Helsingfors universitet, Humanistiska fakulteten
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2022
• Subjects: Sami; repatriation; Sweden; Norway; reburial; Magisterprogrammet i kultur och kommunikation; ei opintosuuntaa; no specialization; ingen studieinriktning; Jokkmokk; Neiden; Svestad; sami; Sámi
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/344944

The rise of the scientific theories and race biology at the beginning of the 20th century was one of the main factors that caused the Sámi people to be marginalized, as they were characterized as “inferior” for the rest of the Nordic citizens. They were photographed, measured, and the remains of the...