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Rauna Kuokkanen is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science/ Aboriginal Studies Program at the University of Toronto. She holds a PhD on Education from the University of British Columbia, an M.A. on Comparative Literature (UBC) and an M.A. on Sami Language and Literature (University of Oulu, Finland). She is the author of Reshaping the University: Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes and the Logic of the Gift (UBC Press, 2007) and Boaris dego eana: Eamiálbmogiid diehtu, filosofiijat ja dutkan (As Old as the Earth. Indigenous Knowledge, Philosophies and Research, Čálliidlágádus, Sami Academica Series, 2009) and editor of the anthology on contemporary Sami literature Juoga mii geasuha (2001). Her current research, funded by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, is a comparative study of indigenous women in the intersection of self-determination, human rights and structures of violence. She was the founding chair of the Sami Youth Organization in Finland, established in 1991, and served as the Vice-President of the Sami Council in 1997-98. Currently she is a board member of the Sami Women’s Forum and a member of the International Feminist Network for the Gift Economy. She is from Ohcejohka/Utsjoki, Sápmi (Finland).

Rávdná lea professor Toronto Universitehta stáhtadiehtaga lágadusas ja eamiálbmotoahpuid prográmmas. Sus lea doavttirgráda (PhD) University of British Columbias Kanadas, MA veardádalli girjjálašvuođas (University of British Columbia) ja sámegielas ja girjjálašvuođas (Oulu universitehta). Son lea čállán girjjiid Reshaping the University: Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes and the Logic of the Gift (UBC Press, 2007) ja Boaris dego eana: Eamiálbmogiid diehtu, filosofiijat ja dutkan (Čálliidlágádus 2009) ja doaimmahan sámi girjjálašvuođa antologiija Juoga mii geasuha (2001). Dasa lassin son lea almmustahttán máŋga artihkkala eamiálbmogiid filosofiijas, girjjálašvuođas, dekoloniseremis ja akademalaš máilmmi ja eamiálbmogiid dieđu gaskavuođain. Su dálá dutkanfáddá lea eamiálbmotnissonat, autonomiija ja globalisašuvdna. Son lea Sámi NissonForuma stivrralahttu (www.saminissonforum.org) ja International Feminist Network for the Gift Economy fierpmádaga láhttu. Son lea Ohcejogas eret.