© 2013. Erika Sarivaara, Satu Uusiautti & Kaarina Määttä. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non- commercial use, distribution, and reproduction inany medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Global Journal of HUMAN SOCIAL SCIENCE Arts & Humanities Volume 13 Issue 1 Version 1.0 Year 2013 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA) Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X The Position and Identification of the Non-Status Sámi in the Marginal of Indigeneity By Erika Sarivaara, Satu Uusiautti & Kaarina Määttä University of Lapland, Finland Abstract - The concept of a Non-Status member of an indigenous people refers to a person who is Indigenous but does not have the status as an indigenous person. The indigenous status has often been lost after the adaptation of complicated legal rules resulting to a situation that is not equivalent with individuals’ self-identification with an indigenous people. This article introduces the concept of Non-Status Sámi in the Finnish situation where some of the Sámi are excluded from the official definition of indigenous. This was a narrative study aiming at producing subjective knowledge about Sámi identity and experiences of it. Non-Status Sámi (N=10) were interviewed. The study took place in Finland which is one of the four countries inhabited by the Sámi. The study showed that the official definition of an indigenous people matters for the identity of an individual person. The purpose of this study was to increase information about the phenomenon and tear down stereotypes and myths about Sáminess. Keywords : indigeneity, non-status sámi, cultural identity, identification, marginal, indigenous research. GJHSS-A Classification : FOR Code: 940106 ThePositionandIdentificationoftheNon-StatusSmiintheMarginalofIndigeneity Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: