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‘It was an unwritten practice’ – Finland’s Sámi report puts schools and trauma in focus

In her speech at the handover of Finland’s Sámi Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report, Chair Dr Hannele Pokka said the commission heard accounts suggesting assimilation in schools and dormitories was not always driven by formal law, but still became “an unwritten practice that prevailed” in past decades. Dr Pokka said children in boarding schools […]