Ida-Maria Helander was one of the speakers in a recent discussion on Sámi reconciliation. Photo: Ville-Riiko Fofonoff/Yle

Sámi young people realistic about the truth and reconciliation process in Finland

Last autumn, the Government of Finland decided to start preparing a reconciliation process dealing with Sámi issues. The process took its first steps on the 10th of February in Inari, when a seminar was held on what the reconciliation process has looked like in different parts of the world.

Text by Maiju Saijets and Anni-Saara Paltto, Yle

Sámi ex-politician Nils-Henrik Valkeapää. Photo: Ville-Riiko FofonoffAnna Morottaja is a Sámi from Inari. Photo: Ville-Riiko FofonoffLaila Susanne Vars is a law expert from the Norwegian National Human Rights Institute. Photo: Ville-Riiko Fofonoff
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