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- Title
TOPONYMIC NOTIONS OF SÁMI PAST(S): KARL NICKUL AND THE HISTORICITY OF SKOLT SÁMI PLACE NAMES.
- Authors
Kortekangas, Otso
- Abstract
The Finnish geodesist and self-taught ethnographer Karl Nickul (1900-1980) studied the Indigenous toponymy among the Skolt Sámi in northeastern Finland. This article analyses Nickul's early publications and international correspondence, focusing on the ways Nickul framed Sámi notions of the past as reflected in their toponymy. Nickul argued that the Sámi possessed the 'moral right' to name their own region and advocated for keeping these names in cartographic representations. According to Nickul, studying and documenting Sámi place names was a gateway to the mental imagery of the Sámi. Place names did not merely reflect the area 'as it was', but also reflected ancient events, beliefs, and livelihoods.
- Subjects
FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC names; SAMI (European people); MENTAL imagery; HISTORICITY; AUTODIDACTICISM
- Publication
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, 2023, Vol 47, Issue 3, p39
- ISSN
0355-3930
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.30676/jfas.115590