The Fragmentation of Sápmi: A Nordic Model of Settler Colonialism

While the Nordic countries are frequently renowned as some of the most peaceful societies in the world, such a conception of peace cannot fully encapsulate the experiences of the Sámi. Likewise, the global movement toward settler-Indigenous reconciliation since the 1960s has set the Nordic response...

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Published in:	Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
Main Author:	Lynette McGuire
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Alberta Library 2022-08-01
Subjects:	Sámi Sápmi Structural Violence Settler Colonialism
Online Access:	https://scancan.net/index.php/scancan/article/view/225

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