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The present situation of the Nordic Sámi is the result of a long, conscious struggle for linguistic, cultural and political rights. The Sámi movement began in the early 1900s and gradually grew in strength, weathering the period of overt assimilation policies which lasted almost until the 1970s, witnessing then a growing tolerance, and since the 1990s, benefiting from a certain advocacy on the part of the authorities vis-à-vis the strivings of the Sámi.
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Huss, L. (2008). Revitalization through Indigenous Education: a Forlorn Hope?. In: Hornberger, N.H. (eds) Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages?. Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582491_6
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