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The Skolt Lapps Today (Changing Culture Series) - Softcover

Ingold, Tim

 
9780521290906: The Skolt Lapps Today (Changing Culture Series)

Synopsis

This 1976 study explores the contemporary organization resettled Skolt Lapp community in the Sevettijärvi area.

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Paperback. Pub Date: 1977 Pages: 280 Publisher: Camidge. University Press On the conclusion of the Second World War Finland was obliged to Cede its the northeasternmost Territory of Petsamo to the Soviet Union. Amongst those who Lost their homes were around four hundred representatives of the original native population of the territory. the Skolt Lapps. The Skolts were subsequently resettled in two 'reservations' marked out in the wilderness of Finland's present northeastern borderlands. The contemporary organization of the Skolt community in the larger of these reservations. the Sevettijrvi area. is the subject of this 1976 study. The first part of the book the ecological imbalance created by technological innovation and commercial penetration; the second analyses the the activities and relationships built up on the fixes template of the resettlement plan; and the third exp...

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On the conclusion of the Second World War, Finland was obliged to cede its northeasternmost territory of Petsamo to the Soviet Union. The contemporary organization of the consequently resettled Skolt Lapp community in the larger of the resultant 'reservations', the Sevettijärvi area, is the subject of this 1976 study.

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