A new wave of positive-impact experiences in northern Finland is finally allowing the Sámi to benefit from the tourism boom.

In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, ...

In the zeal of gathering what was thought to be the vanishing elements of Sámi culture, very few hats remained in Sápmi, even though many of the collected ládjogahpirs were simply buried in storage, ...

Policies in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia also often involved the education system and church discouraging or actively suppressing Sami languages and culture and forcibly assimilating Sami ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) In October 2024, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights determined that Finland violated the Sámi people's rights to culture and land, marking ...

You can spend a fascinating day learning about the Sami culture, often in tandem with those reindeer interactions listed above. Before savoring the freshest king crab of your life, you can trek ...

His Ph.D. dissertation Sámi prehistories: The politics of archaeology and identity in northernmost Europe (2009) discusses Sámi prehistory and archaeology, issues of Sámi heritage management, ...

Sámi Grand Prix 2025 will take place on 12 April in Guovdageaidnu, Norway. The event features 12 Sámi artists in song and ...

In October 2024, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) issued a landmark decision ...

And this despite the fact that the region is part of the homeland of the Sami - an Indigenous people and culture that has nothing to do with the Inuit way of life thousands of kilometres away.