The national minority of Finland

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From a foreigner's point of view it was so interesting to learn about the minorities in a country which is not your motherland. Since immigration it is such a touchy issue in France we wanted to know a bit about how Finland copes with it? Thus, we wanted first to deal with that "problem", since, before coming in Finland we were said by some people that immigration was very strict there. And quickly we noticed that the streets of Helsinki were not as "colored" as our French ones!In the month of September we visited the National Museum of Finland, since we are found of museums. After having visiting the Ateneum one we were a bit disappointed since it is said to have the most important collection of Finnish art. However, the National museum was so great. We were especially attracted by the historical collection which tells a lot about the different populations in Finland. We discovered there who the Sámi were. That's the reason why we wanted to know more about them. Besides, there was information about other minorities such as the Roma.

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[...] The Tatars The Tatars of Finland are a Turkic people who espouse the Muslim faith. They number approximately 800 and form a well-established and homogeneous religious, cultural and linguistic minority. The Tatars are the oldest Muslim minority in Finland and throughout the Nordic countries. They have their historical origins in Turkey and their language belongs to the Turkic group. Most Finnish Tatars are living in Helsinki and its surroundings. In 1925, the first Islamic congregation (Finlandiya Islam Cemaati = Finnish Islamic Congregation) was founded. [...]

[...] The Act involved the transfer of approximately of the area in Finnmark to Finnmark's inhabitants. That is to say that the provincial area now belong officially to the people of the province and not the Norwegian state. Therefore, Sámi rights to lands, waters and resources are being strengthened. Nowadays, although there still remain questions about the Sámi rights for land and natural resources, Sámi people enjoy official recognition and Sámi language and culture courses are taught at several Scandinavian universities. [...]

[...] In the following years of 1945, the pressure came down. The Nordic Sámi Council was established in 1956. In August of 1986, the Sámi flag and the national anthem (sámi soga lávlla) of Sámi people was created. The first Sámi parliament in Norway was elected in 1989. In 2005, the Finnmark Act was passed in the Norwegian Parliament. One of the most important objectives of the Act was to give the population in Finnmark greater influence in the administration of the property in the county. [...]

[...] Appendices We went to the National museum of Finland in order to take pictures of the traditional dress of many National Minorities in the XIXth Century. The following pictures show you what were or are these clothes. Traditional clothes of a Swedish-speaking Finn Traditional clothes of the Roma (still worn) Traditional clothes of a Greek- Orthodox wife Traditional clothes of a Finnish- Speaking Finn Traditional clothes of the Sami Biblioghaphy ( Books : Thé Sami of Northern Europe by Deborah B. [...]

[...] The Sami education In traditionally Sámi culture schools did not exist; in part because of the impermanence of the nomadic lifestyle, and in part because there simply was no need. Indeed, while school is based on pedagogical strategies in the Western countries, Sámi culture gives a pivotal part to self-paced experiential learning. One fits newly acquired knowledge into previously existing frameworks frameworks which are formed on the basis one's experience and cultural background. For a Sámi child, the way a parent transmits knowledge is fundamentally different from the way a Western parent might do so. [...]