A ‘nomad school’ for Sami children in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, in 1956.© John Firth/BIPs/Getty Images ...

In honor of the indigenous Sami people of the Nordic region, the Scandinavian Cultural Center & Library of West Newton presented a screening of the movie Je’vida (2023) on Saturday. The film, directed ...

There are no official population statistics for the Sami, but best estimates range between 80,000 and 100,000; around 30,000 speak Sami languages, Willenfeldt said.

“Sámi people, and the entirety of the Nordic north, had traditions very different from Santa. This is a major red flag suggesting that something is wrong with this theory.” ...

In 1997, King Harald issued an apology for Norway’s treatment of Sámi peoples. “We must regret the injustice the Norwegian state has previously inflicted on the Sámi people,” King Harald said.

For the roughly 10% of Indigenous Sámi people across Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia who make a living with reindeer, there’s time to catch a breath.

Finnish lawmakers approved on Thursday a long-awaited legal reform of the Sami parliament that strengthens the rights of Europe's only recognised native people to decide how they are governed. The ...

A new exhibit will open at Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School in Decorah . “Leading with Our Hearts: Nordic, Sami, and Ojibwe Designs From Nature” will kick ...