Pigga Keskitalo is Professor of Education at the University of Lapland, specialising in Arctic perspectives. She also serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of Helsinki and co-edited Indigenous Research Methodologies in Sámi and Global Contexts (Brill, 2021).Torjer Olsen is Professor of Indigenous studies at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, specializing in Indigenous education, theory and methodology. He co-edited Indigenizing Education and Citizenship: Perspectives on Policy and Practice from Sápmi and Beyond (Scandinavian University Press, 2022).Anna-Lill Drugge, Ph.D., is affiliated with Umeå University, focusing on Indigenous studies and cultural preservation. Her research explores Sami history, research ethics, and education, promoting deeper understanding and advocacy for Indigenous issues.Rauna Rahko-Ravantti, Ph.D., serves as Associate Professor in Sami teacher education at Sámi allaskuvla, contributing to the advancement of Indigenous education and teacher training.

• ForewordTuija TurunenList of FiguresNotes on Contributors1 Introduction: Embracing Diversity in Sami Education Theory, Practice and ResearchPigga Keskitalo, Torjer Olsen, Anna-Lill Drugge and Rauna Rahko-RavanttiPART 1: General Theoretical Part2 The Sacred Model of Sami Education ResearchRauna Rahko-Ravantti3 Review of Indigenous Education and Sami Pedagogy: Key Tendencies and NotionsPigga Keskitalo and Torjer Olsen4 Connecting Traditional Knowledge and Institutionalised EducationYlva Jannok Nutti and Máret J. Heatta5 An Alternative Model of Indigenous Teacher Education in Aotearoa New ZealandHuia Tomlins-Jahnke6 Ethics in Sami Educational ResearchAnna-Lill Drugge, Hilde Sollid, Torjer Olsen and Pigga KeskitaloPART 2: Sami Educational Context7 Institutionalised Sami Education in Norway, Sweden, Finland and RussiaKristina Belancic, Ekaterina Zmyvalova, David Kroik, Hanna Helander and Torjer OlsenPART 3: Research-Based Practices8 Teaching and Learning Writing in SápmiHanna Outakoski9 Students’ Language Attitudes in an Indigenous Sami SchoolInker-Anni Linkola-Aikio10 ‘Language of My Home Region’: Ideologies of Non-Sami Adult Learners of the Inari Sami LanguageAnnika Pasanen11 You Just Need to Shower Them in the Sami Language: Practices Teachers Use to Revitalise Children’s South Sami LanguageHeidi Harju-Luukkainen, Karianne Berg and Asbjørn Kolberg12 Sami Language Revitalisation: Language Nests’ Social Dimensions in Terms of the Surrounding Sami Community, Culture and LanguagesRauni Äärelä-Vihriälä13 Searvelatnja: A Communality Principle in Sami Early Childhood Education (SECE)Marikaisa LaitiIndex