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The last yoik in Saami forests? [electronic resource] / Elonmerkki-Signs of Life presents ; a documentary of Saami forests for the United Nations ; director, Hannu Hyvönen.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Language:
- English
- Finnish
- Inari Sami
- Subjects (All):
- Finland. Metsähallitus.
- Finland.
- Greenpeace International.
- Sami (European people)--Land tenure--Finland.
- Sami (European people).
- Forest management--Environmental aspects--Government policy--Finland.
- Forest management.
- Logging--Social aspects--Finland.
- Logging.
- Reindeer--Effect of logging on--Finland.
- Reindeer.
- Conflict of interests--Finland.
- Conflict of interests.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (58 min.) : sd., col.
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English, Finnish and Sami with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This video documents the conflict in Finland between the Saami reindeer herders and the state-owned forest company Metsähallitus. The conflict is over the harvesting of trees in the Saami's traditional territory. The documentary seeks to provide a chronology of events as well as an explanation of the continuing conflict.
- Participant:
- Rita Thomasson.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Mar. 5, 2012).
- Previously released on DVD.
- Recorded in Finland.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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