In the making of the modern Nordic states in the first half of the twentieth century, elementary education was paramount in creating a notion of citizenship that was universal and equal for all citizens. Yet these elementary education policies ignored, in most cases, the language, culture, wishes, and needs of minorities such as the indigenous Sámi.
Presenting the Sámi as an active, transnational population in early twentieth-century northern Europe, Otso Kortekangas examines how educational policies affected the Sámi people residing in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland. In this detailed study, Kortekangas explores what the arguments were for the lack of Sámi language in schools, how Sámi teachers have promoted the use of their mother tongue within the school systems, and how the history of the Sámi compares to other indigenous and minority populations globally.
Timely in its focus on educational policies in multiethnic societies, and ambitious in its scope, the book provides essential information for educators, policy-makers, and academics, as well as anyone interested in the history of education, and the relationship between large-scale government policies and indigenous peoples.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
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- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 371.829/9457048
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- ev-----
- ISBN
- 9780228006435
- LCCN
- LC3536.S34
- LCCN Item number
- K67 2021eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvii, 149 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)kck00241626 (OCoLC)1198433208 (CaOOCEL)480836
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- NLC
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Copyright 9
- Contents 10
- Table and Figures 12
- Foreword 14
- Acknowledgments 20
- Introduction Sámi Language in Sámi Lands? 26
- 1 The Sámi: Historical Background 29
- 2 Sweden 43
- 3 Finland 72
- 4 Norway 102
- 5 Language, Citizenship, and Sámi Education in the Nordic North, 1900–1940 132
- Notes 140
- Bibliography 154
- Index 166