Sami the reindeer people previously known as Lapps the native / indigenous people of Scandinavia is presented with short essays on art history events music politics issues reindeers etc and links to similar pages at other websites.

Centre for Sami Studies, Troms Univ. Coordinates research on Sami and indigenous peoples questions. Web Publication, Sami language and student recruitment issues.

CONTENTS Introduction Foreword Language Groups Tribes and Dialects Order the book The Peoples of the Red Book Abazians (Abaza) Abkhaz Aguls Akhvakhs Aleuts Altaics Aliutors Andis Archis Asiatic Eskimos Bagulals Baraba Tatars Bartangs Bats Bezhtas Botlikhs Budukhs Central Asian Jews Chamalals Chukchis Chulym Tatars Crimean Jews Crimean Tatars Didos Dolgans Enets Evens Evenks Georgian Jews ...

Lapland and the Sami, in the north of the Scandinavian peninsula (Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia).

The Nordic FAQ: Frequently Answered Questions in the Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.nordic ...

Sameskolstyrelsen ...

Suoma Sami Nuorat. Protest against the exploitation of Sami culture. For the Sami, the traditional clothing is an everyday expression of ethnicity (or togetherness) which differs from the clothing of neighbouring cultures. This Sami clothing might be an exotic experience for others, but what the tourist tycoons presents is misinforming. Giving an image of the Sami people as a mysterious, ...

SAMIS or Lapps They call themselves saam' or saam'lja (on the Kola Peninsula), sabme, sabmelas^ (pl. sabmela at). Other nations have called them Fenn (Finn) and since the 12th century, Lapp (e.g. the form Lop appears in Old Russian Chronicles at about 1000 AD). The use of the name Saam has been propagated in Russia since the 1920s and in Scandinavia within the last decades. The Samis themselves ...

Various documents about Sami issues at the University of Troms .

Nynorsk Normalvisning Fullt vindu Language The Sami of Norway Elina Helander The author of the article, Elina Helander, has studied languages, ethnography and political science and has a Ph.D from the University of Ume , in Sweden. Since 1975 she has worked as assistant lecturer and lecturer in Sami. Ms Helander has worked at the Nordic Sami Institute since 1985, first as head of the educational ...

Traditionally our people were deeply respected for their spiritual strength. Spirituality is about caring and sharing. I am going to show my care by sharing lots of lots of information, pictures, yoiks and creativity. I want to carry out the power of my people's colors. Welcome to my ilbmi. Listen to the yoiks of the fire. Look at its dances in these times version of sami spirituality. Yoikroom ...