ABSTRACT This article is an effort to critically discuss Sámi repatriation and reburial practice based on the analysis of five repatriation cases. Since the seminal repatriation (and burial) of the skulls of Somby and Hætta in Gávvuonna/Kåfjord in 1997, and the more recent reburial of 94 skeletons in Njauddâm/Neiden in 2011, a precedent seems established in Norway that allows the unconditional reburial of all Sámi human remains from collections and excavations. This inevitably poses a serious challenge to research on Sámi human remains and the Sámi past. It is argued that what is important is not research, but that Sámi are allowed to decide for themselves how they wish to care for the dead. Rather than argue according to the adversarial pro-research or pro-reburial viewpoints, this article will take a closer look at how the dead, and their associated material remains, are cared for during Sámi reburial. As will be argued, the care for the material side tends to be neglected and therefore raises an ethical question regarding this practice.

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照顾死者？萨米人重新安葬的另一种观点

摘要 本文试图基于对五个遣返案例的分析，批判性地讨论萨米人的遣返和重新安葬实践。自 1997 年在 Gávvuonna/Kåfjord 对 Somby 和 Hætta 的头骨进行开创性的遣返（和埋葬），以及 2011 年在 Njauddâm/Neiden 重新埋葬 94 具骷髅以来，挪威似乎建立了一个先例，允许无条件重新埋葬来自收藏和挖掘的萨米人类遗骸。这不可避免地对萨米人遗骸和萨米人过去的研究提出了严峻挑战。有人认为，重要的不是研究，而是允许萨米人自己决定如何照顾死者。这篇文章不是根据对抗性的支持研究或支持重新埋葬的观点进行争论，而是仔细研究死者如何，和他们相关的物质遗骸在萨米人的重新安葬期间得到照顾。正如将要争论的那样，对物质方面的关怀往往被忽视，因此引发了有关这种做法的道德问题。