BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

by Elin Kåven

Often we get questions about what Sami book recommendations we can share for learning about the Sami culture.

While there are tons of books about Sami people written, there are not that many we truly recommend.

But we will let you know when we do find books we can recommend, and add them to this post.

So far here are the two Sami book recommendations from us:

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You can get this Sami book recommendation here (hopefully): https://www.gavpi.org/voksne/726-what-we-believe-in-expanded-edition.html

You can get this Sami book recommendation here (hopefully): https://www.gavpi.org/voksne/673-joik-i-den-gamle-samiske-religionen-yoik-in-the-old-sami-religion.html

Or here: https://www.norli.no/boker/dokumentar-og-fakta/livssyn-og-selvutvikling/joik-i-den-gamle-samiske-religionen-yoik-in-the-old-sami-religion?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiArfauBhApEiwAeoB7qNJ3NSTm338GUQ6IqQ7x_QLY6Z3xZmWbgB7SntjAgS0GtiQgGtqi3xoCVhsQAvD_BwE

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But here on the other hand: Elin is teaching a class in this edition of “Songs of Mother Europe“

SAMI BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOU GUYS (READERS OF THIS BLOG):

Emelie Demant Hatt. With the Lapps in the High Mountains: A Woman Among the Sami, 1907-1908 (from 1913). A loose summary; the journals of a woman who travelled with some Sami people in 1907/08. A really insightful read as Demant Hatt has a pleasant writing style which is rich in details. 

Emelie Demant Hatt. By the Fire: Sami Folktales and Legends (first published 2019 in ebook form).

John Trygve Solbakk. We are the Sámi: An Introduction to the Indigenous People of Norway. (2006). More of an information booklet than a book but has lots of information. 

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