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After WWII, however, official Norwegian government policy changed direction and
began to promote internal multiculturalism. By the 1960s the Sami people's right to pre-
serve and develop their own cultural values and language was enshrined across all govern-
ment spectra. Increasingly, official policy viewed the Sami as Norwegian subjects but also
an ethnic minority and separate people. Their legal status improved considerably and the
government formed two committees: the Samekulturutvalget to deal with Sami cultural is-
sues; and the Samerettsutvalget to determine the legal aspects of Sami status and resource
ownership.
