Veli-Pekka Lehtola is a North Sámi historian and academic. He is professor of Sámi culture at the Giellagas Institute of the University of Oulu, Finland.[1] He is known for his research in Sami culture.[2] He is also politically active, promoting a narrow definition of Sámi groups towards the Finnish government.[3]

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  1. ^ Veli-Pekka Lehtola. Veli-Pekka Lehtola. Accessed February 2015. [self-published source]
  2. ^ Smith, Melanie K; Mike Robinson (12 September 2006). Cultural Tourism in a Changing World. Channel View Publications. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-84541-271-5.
  3. ^ "Professorit yrittävät vielä vaikuttaa eduskuntaan saamelaismääritelmäasiassa". YSE. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.