Muitalusaid mearkkašupmi otná servodagas: Sámi lágaid ozus narratiiva láhkametoda bokte

Abstract

Artihkal guorahallá sámi lága ja láhkaprinsihpaid narratiiva láhkametoda vehkiin Gufihttara lonuhus -muitalusa vuođul. Narratiiva láhkametoda leaba hábmen eamiálbmotlága dutkit Val Napoleon ja Hadley Friedland, ja dat lea geavahuvvon viidát Kanadas maŋimuš nuppelogi jagi. Artihkkala ulbmil lea ovddidit eamiálbmotláhkadutkamuša Sámis ja sámi lágaid guorahallama servodaga ja árbbi siskkobealde, ovdanbuktit sámedutkamuššii metoda, man eará eamiálbmotlágaid dutkit leat geavahan buriin ja mávssolaš bohtosiin, ja kártet Gufihttara lonuhus ‑muitalusa lágaid ja láhkaprinsihpaid. Artihkkala loahpas suokkardan mo gávdnon láhkaprinsihpaid sáhttá geavahit otná servodathástalusaid čoavdimis dego mánáidsuodjalusas, ja makkár áššiid váldit vuhtii, jos sámedutkamušas háliidit joatkit narratiiva láhkametoda geavaheami gávdnan dihtii sámiid iežaset lágaid ja láhkaprinsihpaid. Sámis gávdnojit dutkamušat sámi dáhpelágas, sámiid vieruid ja njuolggadusaid rollas nationála lágain ja láhkaásaheamis ja das mo gearretmearrádusat leat váldán vuhtii sámi dáhpelága, muhto narratiiva láhkametoda ii leat ovdal geavahuvvon sámi muitalusaid analyseremis ja sámi lágaid gávdnamis.

English title: The Significance of Stories in Contemporary Society: Seeking Sámi Laws through an Indigenous Law Method

English abstract:

This article investigates Sámi law and legal principles in the traditional story of Gufihttara lonuhus with the help of the Indigenous narrative legal method. Developed by Indigenous law scholars Val Napoleon and Hadley Friedland, the narrative legal method has been widely employed in Canada in the past two decades. The objectives of the article are: to advance Indigenous law research in Sápmi and the analysis of Sámi laws within Sámi society and tradition; to introduce a new method for Sámi research that has been successfully used in Indigenous scholarship; and to identify the laws and legal principles in the well-known Sámi story of Gufihttara lonuhus. At the end of the article, I examine the ways in which the identified legal principles can be employed to address current challenges in Sámi society such as child protection, and what needs to be taken into account if the Indigenous narrative legal method will be employed to identify Sámi people’s own laws and principles. While there are studies on Sámi customary law, the way in which court decisions have taken Sámi customary law into consideration, and the role of traditional Sámi customs and norms in national legislation, the Indigenous narrative legal method has not yet been employed to analyze traditional Sámi oral tradition and identifying Sámi laws therein.