Experiencing and Protecting Sacred Natural Sites of Sámi and other Indigenous Peoples The Sacred Arctic /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Heinämäki, Leena (Editor), Herrmann, Thora Martina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Polar Sciences,
• Subjects: Law.; Religion and sociology.; Cultural heritage.; Polar regions.; Human rights.; International environmental law.; Religion and culture.; International Environmental Law.; Polar Geography.; Human Rights.; Cultural Heritage.; Sociology of Culture.; Religion and Society.

This book focuses specifically on the experience and protection of indigenous, and particularly Sámi sacred sites in the Arctic. Sacred sites are being increasingly recognized as important reservoirs of Arctic cultural and biological diversity, as a means for the transmission of culture and identity...