ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses what kind of knowledge the objects contain, their meaning and their inherent value to the Sami community contrasted to their previous use in the Museum. It presents how the National Museum has used the Sami collections in its own representations of its history. The chapter also analyses the encounter between the duojars from Lahpon duojit and the Sami collections of the National Museum of Finland. It describes how objects can affect people and how they have a connection to emotions in several ways. The chapter explains the different ontologies of the Sami collections of the National Museum of Finland. It argues that, as a Western and European concept, museum conflicts with the way museum is perceived and embodied in the Indigenous and Sami context. Returning objects back to the peoples they originally belong challenges the colonial legacy of museums.
