The Sámi – Indigenous but not black

Nina Sivertsen

The Sámi – Indigenous but not black

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Abstract

Since the 1970s, Sámi have come together with other ethnic minorities in a global cooperation, for example the World Council of Indigenous Peoples (Gaski 1993). Although Sámi draw on Indigenous scholarship and black scholarship from outside Sámi boundaries, there is one significant difference: labelled the ‘white Indians of Scandinavia’, they are indigenous, but they are not black—Sámi are white. Being of coloured ethnicity carries with it a history of prejudice from whites that is unique, which is why Sámi are often met with suspicion in North America, as noted by Kuokkanen (2006, p. 1): ‘Europe equals White and White equals the settler and coloniser—the well-known figure of “the white man’.

Original language	English
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - Jun 2017
Event	NIRAKN (National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network) Race, Whiteness and Indigeneity: An International Conference - Duration: 6 Jun 2017 → …

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Conference	NIRAKN (National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network) Race, Whiteness and Indigeneity: An International Conference
Period	6/06/17 → …

Keywords

Sámi
Indigenous
Norway

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The Sámi – Indigenous but not black

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