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. He is known for his research in Sami culture. He is also politically active, promoting a narrow definition of Sámi groups towards the Finnish government.
References
- Veli-Pekka Lehtola. Veli-Pekka Lehtola. Accessed February 2015.
- 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.
- "Professorit yrittävät vielä vaikuttaa eduskuntaan saamelaismääritelmäasiassa". YSE. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.