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Sami Educational Viewpoints From the Past and Present

Pigga Keskitalo

The Institute for Island Studies

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  • language,
  • indigenous knowledge,
  • indigenous people
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  • community members,
  • Community workers,
  • Researchers,
  • Students
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  • English
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In this presentation, Pigga Keskitalo reviewed Sámi education history and current practices.

In this presentation, Pigga Keskitalo reviewed Sámi education history and current practices. Currently, there is need for innovative solutions so that everyone can reach education in their Indigenous languages. Endangered Sami languages have developed distance education since the 1990’s, so that children and language learners – despite their location – can learn Sami languages. In Finland, there is a Sami language distance education project. The Academy of Finland-funded research project, ADVOST concentrated on developing this distance education in a small children’s context. The research project also implemented land-based education, storytelling, and playful learning into distance education. Keskitalo presented this project and core results in addition to the new research project LINCOSY (funded by the Finnish Research Council, former Academy of Finland), which concentrates on Sami language teaching in Nordic level.