http://www.sami.uit.no/indexen.html
This website wasn’t quite what I expected, but it is still of interest as an artefact of cultural identity. The Centre exists as a research unit within the University of Tromsø, Norway. As such, the website presentation is suitably dry and academic. In the description of the campus, I found the Sámi Cultural House to be strikingly similar to the way Laurentian University’s new Native Centre has been planned, incorporating natural building materials, natural surroundings and traditional structures (turf hut : teepee). Culturally, this centre seems to be on the outside looking in, as far as I can tell without learning to read Norwegian. Even with studies on Indigenous Policy, Rights and Development, Sámi language courses and cultural events, the centre’s activities appear to be more of a portal between Sámi and Nordic cultures than a participatory player in Sámi culture.
Resources linked from this site include:
Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples
for researchers, development workers, administrators and activists.
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Survey of Sami and Indigenous
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The Indigenous University
Studies and Related Activities
Research and Reports
Strategic Planning