Saamentutkimus tänään / / toimittaneet Irja Seurujärvi-Kari, Petri Halinen ja Risto Pulkkinen.

• Superior document: Tietolipas ; Volume 234
• TeilnehmendeR: Seurujärvi-Kari, Irja.,; Halinen, Petri.,; Pulkkinen, Risto.,
• Place / Publishing House: Helsink : : Finnish Literature Society / SKS,, [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: Finnish
• Series: Tietolipas ; Volume 234.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (449 pages) :; illustrations.

Saamentutkimus tänään is an introduction to the Sámi studies, i.e. the scientific study of the Sámi people. It gives many-faceted basic information of the Sámi people and presents up-to-date views of the disciplines related to the Sámi studies, e.g. history, archeology, genetics, linguistics, comparative religion, folkloristics, ethnology etc. It provides scientifically based knowledge of the Sámi during the prehistory and pre-Christianity, dealing with reindeer herding, handicraft, the Sámi languages, Sámi literature and art and civil right questions, including participation in the international movement of the indigenous people. All the authors are eminent experts of their scholarly fields, and all the articles have been revised by the Academic representatives of the Sámi themselves.