On today’s episode, Jessica talks with Tuula Sharma Vassvik (Sámi activist, land protector, musician, podcast host, and freelance contractor in Heritage and Indigenous Methodologies) about their journey through archaeology to Indigenous methodologies and land protection in Sápmi. Tuula’s work focuses on solidarity across cultures and class, as well as community building and future building within Indigenous ways of life. We talk about their time at Standing Rock and how that shaped not only their Masters thesis, but their life trajectory. We also discuss their involvement in protests against wind turbines on reindeer herding areas, the destructive impact of farmed salmon on the coast and coastal Sámi people, as well as topics they have explored with their podcast guests, including Indigenizing queerness. Today’s takeaway: Don’t buy farmed salmon from Norway!
Links
Tuula’s Podcast: Vuostildanfearánat - Sámi stories of resistance on SoundCloud
Tuula’s article: VUOIŊŊALAŠVUOHTA—Sámi Spirituality, Yoik and Its Relations
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Rauna Kuokkanen’s Restructuring Relations: Indigenous Self-Determination, Governance, and Gender
Sámi protesters, Greta Thunberg, end demonstrations against wind turbines (News Article)
Additional Good Sámi Artists
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