Reconciliation as a threat or structural change?: the truth and reconciliation process and settler colonial policy making in Finland

The Sámi have long desired a public process to examine and expose the Nordic states’ colonial, assimilationist practices and policies, past and present, toward the Sámi people. This article considers the truth and reconciliation process in Finland, assessing it in light of recent legislative and oth...

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Main Author: Kuokkanen, Rauna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Human rights review
Year: 2020, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 293-312
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Keywords:
Reconciliation
The Sámi people
Settler colonial theory
Policy-making
Indigenous Peoples
Finland
Structural justice
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Summary:The Sámi have long desired a public process to examine and expose the Nordic states’ colonial, assimilationist practices and policies, past and present, toward the Sámi people. This article considers the truth and reconciliation process in Finland, assessing it in light of recent legislative and other measures. Employing settler colonial theory, it argues that reconciliation, although seemingly progressive, signifies a continuation of colonialism unless the state terminates its current approach of overlooking Sámi rights. The article concludes with a discussion of structural reconciliation and justice and considers some concrete measures for structural change in order for the reconciliation process to be valid and successful in Finland.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 310-312
ISSN:1874-6306
DOI:10.1007/s12142-020-00594-x