
During the conservation the sheets were separated. Arja Jokiniemi / The National Archives Service of Finland, 2012.

The archive was kept scrolled to a wooden casket. Petri Mentu, 2014.

Skolt Sámi women with their children in Suonikylä in 1942. Source: SA-kuva

The sheets were attached together again. Arja Jokiniemi / The National Archives Service of Finland, 2012.

Archive was formally returned to the Skolt Sámi community during the opening ceremonies of the Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos in April 2012. Heidi Mustajoki / The National Archives Service of Finland, 2012.

Skolt mother with children in Suonikylä in 1932. T. I. Itkonen, Karl Nickul: Suenjel - kuvia kolttalappalaisten maasta, Gummerus Osakeyhtiö, Jyväskylä, 1936, p. 75. Photo: Karl Nickul, 1932.

Skolt cottage in Suonikylä in 1942. Source: SA-kuva

Cover of J. J. Mikkola’s book “Kolttakylän arkisto”. Photo: J.J. Mikkola: Kolttakylän arkisto, WSOY, Helsinki 1941.

Conservators Arja Jokiniemi (left) and Minna Mäki cleaned the archive at National Archives of Finland in 2012. Titta Lehtola / The National Archives Service of Finland, 2012.

The archive after conservation. Mikko Salminen / The National Archives Service of Finland, 2012.

The archive in the beginning of 1930’s. Photo: J. J. Mikkola: Kolttakylän arkisto, WSOY, Helsinki 1941.

Archive of the Skolt Sámi village of Suonjel Suenjel