Book
Herds of the tundra: a portrait of Saami reindeer pastoralism
Smithsonian Institution Press • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1994 • Pages:
By: Paine, Robert.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this book Paine portrays the life of the Saami reindeer pastoralists in northern Norway (particularly the Kautokeino area of Finnmark County) during the 1960s and again in the decade between 1979-1989, and analyzes the effects of recent Norwegian government legislation on the Saami's traditional nomadic lifestyle. Much of the text is devoted to detailed accounts of reindeer herding and husbandry at each season of the year, including an analyis of herd composition and herd economics. Since Paine'sfieldwork in the 1960s, the Saami have undergone many cultural changes in order to accommodate the social democratic principles of the Norwegian government. The last portion of this work presents Paine's critiques of these attempts by the government to rationalize and regulate Saami pastoralism.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fauna
- Flora
- Annual cycle
- Pastoral activities
- Land use
- Public welfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Saami
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Scandinavia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1994
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951- (p. xii)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1989
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kautokeino, Finnmark province, Norway
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert Paine
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-238) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93038390
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sami (European people)/Reindeer herding/Transhumance