Title Language, citizenship, and Sámi education in the Nordic North, 1900-1940 / Otso Kortekangas

Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource Series McGill-Queen's Indigenous and northern studies ; 100 Contents Front Matter -- Contents -- Table and Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Sámi Language in Sámi Lands? -- The Sámi: Historical Background -- Sweden -- Finland -- Norway -- Language, Citizenship, and Sámi Education in the Nordic North, 1900-1940 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "In the making of the modern Nordic states in the first half of the twentieth century, elementary education played a paramount role in creating a notion of citizenship that was universal and equal for all citizens. The elementary education policies ignored, in most cases, the language, culture, wishes, and needs of minorities such as the Indigenous Sámi. Presenting the Sámi as an active, transnational population in early twentieth-century northern Europe, Otso Kortekangas examines how educational policies affected the Sámi people residing in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland. In this detailed study, Kortekangas explores what the arguments were for the lack of Sámi language in schools, how Sámi teachers have promoted the use of their mother tongue within the school systems, and how the history of the Sámi compares to other Indigenous and minority populations globally. Timely in its focus on educational policies in multiethnic societies, and ambitious in its scope, the book provides essential information for educators, policy-makers, and academics, as well as anyone interested in the history of education, and the relationship between large-scale government policies and Indigenous peoples."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 24, 2021) Subject Sami (European people) -- Education -- Scandinavia -- History -- 20th century Sami (European people) -- Education -- Government policy -- Scandinavia -- History -- 20th century Sami language -- Study and teaching -- Scandinavia -- History -- 20th century Education and state -- Scandinavia -- History -- 20th century Language and education -- Scandinavia -- History -- 20th century Language and culture -- Scandinavia -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies Education and state Language and culture Language and education Sami (European people) -- Education Scandinavia Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780228006442 0228006430 0228006449 9780228006435

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