The purpose of Norway's Sami Act is to make it possible for the Sami people in Norway to protect and develop their language, their culture and their community life. The first Sami Assembly ...
Sami studies focuses on the Sami people, their languages, culture and history, from the perspective of several disciplines. The Sami languages are examined particularly within the framework of ...
King Harald V has previously apologized to the Sami people, but this is the first time that the Kvens and Forest Finns have received such a public acknowledgment of the harm they endured.
Cultural landscapes affiliated with the Indigenous Sámi of the northern boreal forests are laden with cognitive elements of social and religious significance. Here, the authors focus on trees bearing ...
Few places are experiencing the effects of climate change as vividly as the Arctic. Scientists say temperatures in the far north have risen by more than two degrees Celsius since the industrial ...
According to the ethnographic research, trees were seen by the Sámi as mediators between people and deities.They also had pragmatic uses, acting as boundary markers and navigational aids in the ...