The Skolt Lapps Today

by Tim Ingold

On the conclusion of the Second World War, Finland was obliged to cede its northeasternmost territory of Petsamo to the Soviet Union. Amongst those who lost their homes were around four hundred representatives of the original native population of the territory, the Skolt Lapps. The Skolts were subsequently resettled in two 'reservations' marked out in the wilderness of Finland's present northeastern borderlands. The contemporary organization of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521290902
• ISBN13: 9780521290906
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"