issued a landmark decision stating that Finland had violated the rights of the Sámi Indigenous people to their culture and land. This decision, unprecedented in Europe, signals a potential ...

Critics say the bill will disenfranchise hundreds of people ... in Finland at least, this has so far been largely a formality. “[The current criteria] can be fulfilled by asking the Sami ...

Sami activists during a protest ... issued a landmark decision stating that Finland had violated the rights of the Sámi Indigenous people to their culture and land. This decision, unprecedented ...

“It has been six years since [Amanda Kernell’s] ‘Sami Blood ... not always appreciated in Finland. They want us to be exotic, non-political, child-like people who don’t criticize ...

The Sámi people are indigenous to Sápmi, a cultural region of Europe and Russia that covers the northern parts of Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Russia. For centuries, the Sámi people relied on ...

Most of Lapland’s civilian population, including the Sámi, were evacuated to central Finland or Sweden. “When the Sámi people came back from evacuation, they realized that a lot of their ...

With no dedicated government minister or national representation, the Sámi Parliament in Inari is an important body for Sámi people, despite its limitations. The European Union's only recognised ...