The History of Sámi Reindeer Husbandry in Greenland and the Transfer of Traditional Knowledge from Sámi Herders to Greenlandic Apprentices

• Main Author: Gaup, Lena Susanne Kvernmo
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2019
• Subjects: Reindeer husbandry; Greenland; Traditional knowledge; Governance; Sámi; VDP::Social science: 200::Social anthropology: 250; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosialantropologi: 250; IND-3904; Kapisillit; Kárášjohka; Nuuk; greenlander*; greenlandic; reindeer husbandry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15667

Danish authorities introduced reindeer husbandry to Greenland in 1952 when three hundred domesticated reindeer where purchased from a reindeer pastoral district or siida in Kárášjohka and transported to Greenland by boat to the Nuuk fjord. By introducing semi-domesticated reindeer to Greenland, the...