Kola Sámi Association (Kildin Sami: Куэлнэгк Соаме Э̄хтнэгк; Russian: Ассоциация Кольских саамов; Northern Sami: Guoládaga Sámi Searvi) is a public organization founded in 1989 to support Russian Sámi living in Murmansk Oblast and to promote their culture and languages.[1] Its headquarters are in Murmansk, Russia.[2]
As of 2020[update], Elena Yakovleva Semenovna serves as the association’s president.[2]
The Kola Sámi Association is a member of the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North[3] (RAIPON) and, together with the Association of Sámi in Murmansk Oblast, a member association of the Saami Council.[4]
References edit
- ^ Суляндзига, Р.В.; Кудряшова, Д.А.; Суляндзига, П.В. (2003). Коренные малочисленные народы Севера, Сибири и Дальнего Востока Российской Федерации: Обзор современного положения [Indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation: Overview of the current situation] (in Russian). Moscow, Russia: Центр Содействия Коренным Малочисленным Народам Севера / Российский Учебный Центр коренных народов Севера (ЦСКМНС/РИТЦ). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Саамы" [Sámi]. Кольский район [Kola district] (in Russian). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Региональные отделения" [Regional Branches]. Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (in Russian). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "About the Saami Council: Member Organizations". Saami Council. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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