Knowing from the Indigenous North : Sami Approaches to History, Politics and Belonging (Paperback)

1. Introduction 2.On local Knowledge3. Evasive strategies of defiance ? everyday resistance histories among the Sami4. Returning home ? the different ontologies of the Sami collections5. The paradox of autonomy6. Belonging to Sapmi ? the Sami conceptions of home and home region7. Reindeer herding, snowmobiles and social change ? and a word on identity 8. The North is everywhere 9. 'I’ll show you the tundra' ? the Sami as an Indigenous people in the political thought of Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa 10. Conceptual governance on defining indigeneity ? the Sami debate in Finland 11. The politics of belonging in the Indigenous North