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Johan Turi: An Account of the Sámi

Titel: An Account of the Sámi
Oorspronkelijke titel: Muitalus Samiid birra: En bog om Lapparnas liv [tweetalig], 1910
Vertaald uit het Samisch door: Thomas A. DuBois
Genre: non-fictie
Uitgever: Nordic Studies Press, 2011
ISBN10: 0977271455

NB uitgeverij Wilde Aardbeien heeft een Nederlandse vertaling in voorbereiding

Flaptekst / Beschrijving

The year 1910 marked a milestone in Sámi cultural and literary history. In that year, the Sámi wolf hunter and reindeer herder Johan Turi produced his Muitalus Samiid birra, the first secular book ever published in a Sámi language. Turi’s work – an eloquent, at times poignant exploration of Sámi history, livelihoods, and culture – aimed at making state authorities in Sweden and Norway aware of the intricacies and value of the indigenous culture of the Sámi. With the aid of Danish artist/ethnographer Emilie Demant Hatt, Turi’s book reached a Nordic public in both its Sámi original and in Danish translation.

Muitalus today stands as a fascinating statement of one man’s sociopolitical aims at the opening of the twentieth century and an unmatched source of information regarding traditional Sámi lifeways of a century ago.

An Account of the Sámi is the first direct translation of this work into English, presented here with translator's notes and the original illustrations which Turi produced to clarify and supplement his text.

Content (bron: KB):
I Am a Sámi [Saami] -- The Oldest Stories of the Sámi -- About Late Summer -- About Reindeer -- Now the Migration Begins -- Once the Sámi Have Reached Their Winter Grounds -- About Wild Reindeer -- The Migration from the South Begins -- People of the Mountains -- All That Is Connected with the Sámi's Spring Work -- About Hunting and Trapping -- About Ways of Healing -- The Acts of People with Noaidi Skills -- Tales -- About Sámi Songs -- The Event Which Is Called the Guovdageaidnu Error -- An Account of the Unknown Animals of the Sámi Homeland.

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In 2012 gaf de Samische uitgeverij ČálliidLágádus uit Karasjok het boek ook uit. ISBN: 9788282630634