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Research paper thumbnail of From repatriation to rematriation. Dismantling the attitudes and potentials behind the repatriation of Sámi heritage

Deleted Journal, Dec 1, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Ládjogahpir Rematriated

Routledge eBooks, Apr 8, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The possibilities of osteology in historical Sámi archaeology: Life and livelihood at the 18th-century Ohcejohka Sámi market site

Research paper thumbnail of Ládjogahpir Rematriated

Research paper thumbnail of The Legacy of Ládjogahpir

Dressing with Purpose, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Recording Sámi Heritage in European Museums

The Sámi are the only Indigenous people living in the European Union. During the last 15 years, t... more The Sámi are the only Indigenous people living in the European Union. During the last 15 years, three larger surveys have been conducted on Sámi collections in Nordic and European museums. Today, Sámi museums have collections of at least 25,000 objects, but, according to our current knowledge, almost 50,000 objects – for example the sacred drums – are in the hands of others. The majority of objects are in Nordic collections, but other European museums house at least 4,000 objects; about 1,600 of these are for example in German museums. In this paper, I wish to reflect upon the experiences we have had during the surveys. I will discuss some challenges we faced and suggest what kind of proceedings could be useful for both sides – for museums in order to get an understanding of the relevance of the objects they guard in their collections and the Indigenous contemporary knowledge about them, and for the Indigenous people who are looking for their cultural heritage in museums across Europe.

Research paper thumbnail of Returning home – the different ontologies of the Sámi collections

Knowing from the Indigenous North, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Animal bones from medieval and early modern Saami settlements in Finnish Lapland

Publication of the rich medieval and early modern bone material excavated in Finnish Lapland over... more Publication of the rich medieval and early modern bone material excavated in Finnish Lapland over the past decades is long due. Bone assemblages can complete the picture of the life and livelihood of the early Saami societies presented in written sources. The data from three Saami dwelling sites and two market places, which are published here, support in many ways the written information, but show also some discrepancies between these two sources of information. The osteological data may raise more questions than they answer, but serve as an important source material for further research.

Research paper thumbnail of Skolt Sámi Heritage, Toivo Immanuel Itkonen (1891–1968), and the Sámi Collections at the National Museum of Finland

Nordisk Museologi

The National Museum of Finland is repatriating their entire Sámi collection to the Sámi museum Si... more The National Museum of Finland is repatriating their entire Sámi collection to the Sámi museum Siida in Inari. This article illustrates the type of collected material that is to be returned, and what kind of tradition of representation the Sámi museum Siida will have to deal with in the repatriation. A remarkable part of the Sámi collections in the National Museum of Finland has been provided by the well-known Finnish Lappologist, T. I. Itkonen. Due to his many research trips in 1912–1927, altogether 91 per cent of his collections originate from the Skolt Sámi area in the Pechenga region and Kola Peninsula. In exhibitions curated by Itkonen for the National Museum, the Skolt Sámi objects seem to have been relatively well represented, although subjected to the almost compulsory representation of reindeer herding. Because of Itkonen’s collection, the repatriation of the whole Sámi collection of the National Museum to the Siida Sámi Museum has an especially poignant meaning for the Sko...

Research paper thumbnail of Sámi Archaeology and the Fear of Political Involvement: Finnish Archaeologists’ Perspectives on Ethnicity and the Repatriation of Sámi Cultural Heritage

Archaeologies

In recent years, there have been remarkable developments in the repatriation of Sámi ethnographic... more In recent years, there have been remarkable developments in the repatriation of Sámi ethnographic objects in Finland. The repatriation of large archaeological collections excavated from Sápmi, the homeland of the Sámi people (the only indigenous people in the European Union), however, has not been discussed. Based on thirteen interviews, this article examines Finnish archaeologists' views on the repatriation of the Sámi cultural heritage. The research shows that there is suspicion or wariness towards questions of ethnicity in Finnish archaeology and a fear of political involvement, which makes the matter of repatriation an uncomfortable issue. Nonetheless, the practices of doing research in Sápmi or studying Sámi materials are changing as a result of the Sámi gradually taking a stronger role and engaging in and governing research in Finland, too, especially with the stronger role, through the Sámi parliament and the Sámi Museum, in the administration of archaeological heritage in Sápmi. ________________________________________________________________ Résumé: Ces dernières années, le rapatriement des objets ethnographiques sámi en Finlande a connu des développements remarquables. Le rapatriement de vastes collections archéologiques extraites du territoire sámi, la terre natale des Sámis (le seul peuple indigène de l'Union européenne), ne fait toutefois pas l'objet de discussion. Fondé sur treize entrevues, le présent article étudie les points de vue d'archéologues finnois sur le rapatriement du patrimoine culturel sámi. Les recherches démontrent que dans le domaine de l'archéologie finnoise, les questions relatives à l'appartenance ethnique suscitent les soupçons et la méfiance, ainsi qu'une I use Northern Sámi terms in my paper, if not otherwise mentioned. Place names are written in Sámi language spoken in the area.

Research paper thumbnail of From repatriation to rematriation. Dismantling the attitudes and potentials behind the repatriation of Sámi heritage

Deleted Journal, Dec 1, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Ládjogahpir Rematriated

Routledge eBooks, Apr 8, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The possibilities of osteology in historical Sámi archaeology: Life and livelihood at the 18th-century Ohcejohka Sámi market site

Research paper thumbnail of Ládjogahpir Rematriated

Research paper thumbnail of The Legacy of Ládjogahpir

Dressing with Purpose, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Recording Sámi Heritage in European Museums

The Sámi are the only Indigenous people living in the European Union. During the last 15 years, t... more The Sámi are the only Indigenous people living in the European Union. During the last 15 years, three larger surveys have been conducted on Sámi collections in Nordic and European museums. Today, Sámi museums have collections of at least 25,000 objects, but, according to our current knowledge, almost 50,000 objects – for example the sacred drums – are in the hands of others. The majority of objects are in Nordic collections, but other European museums house at least 4,000 objects; about 1,600 of these are for example in German museums. In this paper, I wish to reflect upon the experiences we have had during the surveys. I will discuss some challenges we faced and suggest what kind of proceedings could be useful for both sides – for museums in order to get an understanding of the relevance of the objects they guard in their collections and the Indigenous contemporary knowledge about them, and for the Indigenous people who are looking for their cultural heritage in museums across Europe.

Research paper thumbnail of Returning home – the different ontologies of the Sámi collections

Knowing from the Indigenous North, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Animal bones from medieval and early modern Saami settlements in Finnish Lapland

Publication of the rich medieval and early modern bone material excavated in Finnish Lapland over... more Publication of the rich medieval and early modern bone material excavated in Finnish Lapland over the past decades is long due. Bone assemblages can complete the picture of the life and livelihood of the early Saami societies presented in written sources. The data from three Saami dwelling sites and two market places, which are published here, support in many ways the written information, but show also some discrepancies between these two sources of information. The osteological data may raise more questions than they answer, but serve as an important source material for further research.

Research paper thumbnail of Skolt Sámi Heritage, Toivo Immanuel Itkonen (1891–1968), and the Sámi Collections at the National Museum of Finland

Nordisk Museologi

The National Museum of Finland is repatriating their entire Sámi collection to the Sámi museum Si... more The National Museum of Finland is repatriating their entire Sámi collection to the Sámi museum Siida in Inari. This article illustrates the type of collected material that is to be returned, and what kind of tradition of representation the Sámi museum Siida will have to deal with in the repatriation. A remarkable part of the Sámi collections in the National Museum of Finland has been provided by the well-known Finnish Lappologist, T. I. Itkonen. Due to his many research trips in 1912–1927, altogether 91 per cent of his collections originate from the Skolt Sámi area in the Pechenga region and Kola Peninsula. In exhibitions curated by Itkonen for the National Museum, the Skolt Sámi objects seem to have been relatively well represented, although subjected to the almost compulsory representation of reindeer herding. Because of Itkonen’s collection, the repatriation of the whole Sámi collection of the National Museum to the Siida Sámi Museum has an especially poignant meaning for the Sko...

Research paper thumbnail of Sámi Archaeology and the Fear of Political Involvement: Finnish Archaeologists’ Perspectives on Ethnicity and the Repatriation of Sámi Cultural Heritage

Archaeologies

In recent years, there have been remarkable developments in the repatriation of Sámi ethnographic... more In recent years, there have been remarkable developments in the repatriation of Sámi ethnographic objects in Finland. The repatriation of large archaeological collections excavated from Sápmi, the homeland of the Sámi people (the only indigenous people in the European Union), however, has not been discussed. Based on thirteen interviews, this article examines Finnish archaeologists' views on the repatriation of the Sámi cultural heritage. The research shows that there is suspicion or wariness towards questions of ethnicity in Finnish archaeology and a fear of political involvement, which makes the matter of repatriation an uncomfortable issue. Nonetheless, the practices of doing research in Sápmi or studying Sámi materials are changing as a result of the Sámi gradually taking a stronger role and engaging in and governing research in Finland, too, especially with the stronger role, through the Sámi parliament and the Sámi Museum, in the administration of archaeological heritage in Sápmi. ________________________________________________________________ Résumé: Ces dernières années, le rapatriement des objets ethnographiques sámi en Finlande a connu des développements remarquables. Le rapatriement de vastes collections archéologiques extraites du territoire sámi, la terre natale des Sámis (le seul peuple indigène de l'Union européenne), ne fait toutefois pas l'objet de discussion. Fondé sur treize entrevues, le présent article étudie les points de vue d'archéologues finnois sur le rapatriement du patrimoine culturel sámi. Les recherches démontrent que dans le domaine de l'archéologie finnoise, les questions relatives à l'appartenance ethnique suscitent les soupçons et la méfiance, ainsi qu'une I use Northern Sámi terms in my paper, if not otherwise mentioned. Place names are written in Sámi language spoken in the area.