Vie\u010d\u010da artihkkala d\u00e1s<\/a> (pdf).<\/p>\n The siida<\/em> (plural: siiddat<\/em>) is of both ancient and contemporary interest. Siiddat<\/em> were and re\u00ad main local Sami communities, which thanks to written sources, we know met and negotiated\u00a0 with trades people and representatives of neighbouring and southern powers centuries ago. The siida<\/em> even predates these written sources. Nowadays siiddat<\/em> primarily organize the day-\u00adto-\u00adday practices of reindeer herding and siiddat<\/em> have undergone major changes primarily due to the growing influence from outside.<\/p>\n The main features of this institutions continuity are the existence of siida<\/em> territories, the mem\u00adbership of Sami families in the siida<\/em> through generations, the membership also of their animals, and traditional Sami knowledge. Reindeer, or rather in Sami, boazu,<\/em> has at all times been a member of the siida.<\/em> Reindeer constituted a minor part of the siida<\/em> in earlier times, but have been growing in importance over the last three or four centuries. The relations between rein\u00addeer as boazu<\/em> and the Sami reindeer herder is used as an example to demonstrate elements of the traditional knowledge of reindeer herding Sami and their worldview. The reindeer herding Sami way of thinking stands for a day\u00ad-to\u00ad-day relation to questions of sustainability and ethics, which I term \u2018a siida<\/em> way of thinking\u2019, as opposed to the economic and ecological modelling encountered in official and administrative thinking and direction.<\/p>\n A focus needs to be placed on a clarification of siida<\/em> land rights, moreover on a protection and realization of the siida<\/em> right to self\u00addetermination in internal affairs, thereby acknowledging the importance and relevance of traditional Sami knowledge. This is decisive for the continuation of the Sami siida<\/em> system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mainna l\u00e1giin galget siiddat joatkahuvvat? Siidda sulladallama ga\u017ealdagat Mikkel Nils Sara (S\u00e1mi allaskuvla) Vie\u010d\u010da artihkkala d\u00e1s (pdf). How is the siida going to continue? The siida (plural: siiddat) is of both ancient and contemporary interest. Siiddat were and re\u00ad main … Les videre How is the <\/i>siida going to continue?<\/i><\/h3>\n