Sámi University of Applied Sciences
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Sámi allaskuvla | |
Type | State College |
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Established | 1989 |
Rector | Gunvor Guttorm |
Academic staff | 52 |
Administrative staff | 100 |
Students | 270 |
Location | , Norway 69°00′52″N 23°02′14″E / 69.01444°N 23.03722°E |
Campus | Diehtosiida |
Website | samas.no |
Sámi University of Applied Sciences (Northern Sami: Sámi allaskuvla, Norwegian: Samisk høgskole) is a university that is located in the village of Kautokeino in Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It was established in 1989 and has about 200 students and 110 faculty, technical and administrative staff. It is one of 25 Norwegian state university colleges. Since 2009 it has been located at the campus complex of Diehtosiida.
Sámi University of Applied Sciences has a national responsibility for Sámi higher education, including education within teaching and journalism. The college attempts to develop its syllabi on the basis of Sámi needs, and attempts to develop Sámi as an academic language. The college has students from all four countries covered by Sápmi.
History
The Sámi University of Applied Sciences started operation on 1 January 1989 in Guovdageaidnu. Students from the Sámi department of the Alta school of education had been transferred to the new school the year prior;[1] the students were studying duodji. Regular lessons were started 4 September.[2] The school was officially opened on 1 November during Guovdageaidnu's cultural week.[3]
Notable people
- Laila Susanne Vars (born 1976) is a Norwegian-sámi lawyer and former politician
- Britta Marakatt-Labba - Sámi textile artist
- Pigga Keskitalo - Sámi politician and academic
- Per Isak Juuso (born 1953), Swedish-Sámi artisan and teacher
References
- ^ "Sámi allaskuvla Guovdageainnus" [Sámi High School in Guovdageaidnu]. Ságat (in Northern Sami). Vol. 33, no. 7. 28 January 1989. p. 12.
- ^ Skattvik, Camilla J. J. (4 November 1989). "Ruth Hætta ved Sámi Allaskuvla: Skolen bygges etappevis" [Ruth Hætta on Sámi Allaskuvla: The School Will be Built in Stages]. Ságat (in Norwegian Bokmål). Vol. 33, no. 83. p. 6.
- ^ Vars, Elle Márjá (3 November 1989). "- Ovttasbargu addá oadjesbasvuođa" [Student Representative: "Cooperation Creates Security"]. Sámi Áigi (in Northern Sami). Vol. 11, no. 44. p. 7.
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