The Sámi have long desired a public process to examine and expose the Nordic states’ colonial, assimilationist practices and policies, past and present, toward the Sámi people. This article considers the truth and reconciliation process in Finland, assessing it in light of recent legislative and other measures. Employing settler colonial theory, it argues that reconciliation, although seemingly progressive, signifies a continuation of colonialism unless the state terminates its current approach of overlooking Sámi rights. The article concludes with a discussion of structural reconciliation and justice and considers some concrete measures for structural change in order for the reconciliation process to be valid and successful in Finland.

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和解是威胁还是结构性变化？芬兰的真相与和解过程和定居者的殖民政策制定

萨米人长期以来一直希望有一个公开的程序来审查和揭露北欧国家过去和现在对萨米人的殖民、同化做法和政策。本文考虑了芬兰的真相与和解进程，并根据最近的立法和其他措施对其进行了评估。它采用定居者殖民理论，认为和解虽然看似进步，但意味着殖民主义的继续，除非国家终止其目前忽视萨米人权利的做法。文章最后讨论了结构性和解与正义，并考虑了一些结构性变革的具体措施，以使和解过程在芬兰有效和成功。