Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Izak of Lapland Izak of Lapland Maya Angelou A Sami boy, who lives with his family in Lapland, teaches his little brother how to take care of reindeer. OL14951891W
Lapps Lapps James, Alan Introduces these ancient European people of northern Scandinavia, describing their culture today and the adjustments they have made from earlier times. OL15100864W
In the month of the midnight sun In the month of the midnight sun Cecilia Ekbäck CRIME & MYSTERY. Sweden, 1855. 'Worst thing I ever saw ... ' A telegram arrives on the Minister of Justice's desk. A massacre on one of Lapland's mountains - a priest, a law enforcement officer, and … OL20858326W
The Sami of Lapland The Sami of Lapland J. Mervyn Jones Outlines the past history and the present challenges faced by the 25,000 Inuit of Canada. General account including present political and cultural problems. OL27734985W
Far north Far north Reynolds, Jan Describes, in text and photographs, the vanishing culture of the Samis, the reindeer herders of Lapland. OL3291857W
Reindeer-herd management in transition Reindeer-herd management in transition Hugh Beach This thesis applies certain fundamental principles derived from communications theory and systems analysis and developed by Gregory Bateson and others to a discussion of changes in reindeer-herd ma… OL4302430W
Vår folkedrakt Vår folkedrakt Gry Fors It is a kind of history of Sami folk dress in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The Sami people were formerly called Lapps. OL4345225W
Sweden Sweden Tamiko Bjener Text and photographs present life in Sweden by following eleven-year-old Isabel, child of divorced parents, as she moves between her two families. OL4987228W
The Skolt Lapps today The Skolt Lapps today Tim Ingold xi, 276 p. : 22 cm OL5112928W
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name Vendela Vida On the day of her father's funeral, twenty-eight-year-old Clarissa Iver­ton discovers that he wasn't her biological father after all. Her mother disappeared fourteen years earlier, and her fiance has… OL5959687W
The Sami of Northern Europe The Sami of Northern Europe Deborah B. Robinson Describes the history, modern and traditional cultural practices and economies, geographic background, and ongoing oppression and struggles of the Sami. OL6208705W