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Literary Award of the Kindred Peoples' Programme 2025
Since 2007, the board of the Kindred Peoples' Programme has awarded a literature prize to recognise authors and translators of works of literature in the native languages of stateless kindred peoples who have helped to preserve and promote indigenous literature.
Science Awards of Kindred Peoples’ Programme awarded to Saami and Komi scholars
In 2025, the Science Awards of Kindred Peoples’ Programme were presented to Saami scholar Berit-Ellen Juuso and Komi researcher Maria Fedina.
Open call for Kindred Peoples’ Literary Award 2025
The aim of the award is to recognise the work of authors or translators of the literature of kindred peoples without their own statehood. The Literary Award may be …
Livonian place name catalogue
The Day of the Livonian Flag is on 18 November 2024. On this day, the Livonian flag is flown in different places across Latvia. Livonian places are a current theme, because this year saw the publication of the Livonian place name catalogue (Lībiešu vietvārdu katalogs).
Literary Award to Arvo Survo and Esa-Jussi Salminen
The aim of the Kindred Peoples' Programme's Literary Award is to recognise the work of authors or translators of the literature of kindred peoples without their own statehood
David Kroik, winner of Uralic Ethnic Studies Award
This year, David Kroik, a Saami linguist, was awarded the Kindred Peoples’ Programme’s Uralic Ethnic Studies Award for his dissertation ‘The construction of spaces for …
Livonian Culture Days in Ventspils
The Livonian Culture Days are organised for the ninth time in Ventspils. The Culture Days take place between 11-12 October.
Open call for Kindred Peoples’ Literary Award 2024
The aim of the award is to recognise the work of authors or translators of the literature of kindred peoples without their own statehood. The …
Kindred People’s Programme Scientific Awards 2024
Kindred People’s Programme calls for nominations for the Uralic Ethnic Studies Award 2024 and for the Scientific Research published in a Uralic Language Award 2024. The aim of these …
Winner of 2024 World Tree Award is Szilárd Tibor Tóth
The winner of the 2024 Kindred Peoples' Programme's World Tree Award is the Hungarian Finno-Ugric and kindred people activist Szilárd Tibor Tóth.
Book review: Ma akūb sīnda vizzõ, tūrska!
The publication introduces just over a dozen Livonian poets from the 18th century to the present day. A short biography can be found under each author.
Book review: Trillium
To celebrate the Year of Livonian Heritage and the continuing Decade of Indigenous Languages, Fenno-Ugria publishes a book review of the Livonian-English poetry anthology 'Trillium'.