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 Sami school in Hattfjelldal, Nordland. Dinner at the boarding school, 1953 (Photo: Sigrid Bergli Sørnes) |
Sami school historySámi skuvlahistorjáSamisk skolehistorie |  Skoganvarre school, Porsanger, autumn 1962. 2. and 3. grade with teacher Birgit Bergh. (Photo: Richard Bergh) |
- Sami language was medium of instruction in schools almost 300 years ago.
- later Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Russian authorities used the school to extreminate the Sami language and culture - and they almost succeeded.
- there were teachers who taught in Sami even though it was forbidden by law.
- while other Sami teachers refused their children to speak their mother tongue.
- there were Norwegian teachers who in the 1950:s called the language policy "a crime against the children".
- in the 1950's there was a Sami vocational training with a Sami content and Sami language as a subject, but later this disappeared.
- Sami pupils in Norway have since 1998 had the legal right to education in Sami language - but many have not got it.
This and much more you may read about in Sami school history.
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Sámi skuvlahistorjá 1-4 /
The books have text in Sami and Norwegian language, they have each about 450 pages and the price is 395 NOK pr. book. |
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Sami school history is a book and internet projekt which started in 2003 and will last for some years yet. The books were published in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010 and the plan is gradually to publish six books about Sami school history in Norway. We also want to make similar books about Sami school history in Sweden, Finland and Russia.
Editional commitee for Norway: Svein Lund, Elfrid Boine, Siri Broch Johansen and Siv Rasmussen.
Editional commitee for Sweden: Marit Anne Allas, Ylva Jannok-Nutti, Anna-Margith Påve and Laila Stenberg
Editional commitee for Finland: Jenni Laiti, Pigga Keskitalo, Veli-Pekka Lehtola amd Ulla Aikio-Puoskari
The books are published by the publishing house Davvi Girji, where Seija Guttorm is working on this project.
So far the following institutions have given financial support:
Norway: The County Governor of Finnmark, Sami Parliament, Tromsø college, Bodø college, Norwegian Cultural Council, The Freedom of Expression Foundation, Commitee for education material for higher education, Kåfjord municipality, Finnmark county, Troms county, Nord-Trøndelag county, The Board of the Sami Secondary Schools, Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association and Ministry of Labour and Integration.
Sweden: Sami parliament.
