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Sámi peoples. The Sámi (/ ˈsɑːmi / SAH-mee; also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi -speaking Indigenous peoples inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The region of Sápmi was formerly known as Lapland, and the Sámi ...
Reindeer and other animals play a central part in Sami culture, though today reindeer husbandry is of dwindling economic relevance for the Sámi people. There is currently (2004) no clear indication when reindeer-raising started, perhaps about 500 AD, but tax tributes were raised in the 16th century.
In 1898, a group of Sami herdsmen and their families brought a group of reindeer through Seattle on their way to Alaska. This Curtis Studio photo shows several of the Sami herders near a railroad crossing in Seattle. Subjects (LCTGM): Gold rushes; Reindeer industry; Sami (European people)
Traditionally, the cuisine of Sápmi has been based on local materials, like fish, game, reindeer and berries. [1] Berries have been important food, because other kinds of fruits or vegetables were not available during the long winters. Nowadays berries are parts of delicate sauces and desserts. The most valued berry of Sápmi is the cloudberry.
The Sámi people lived and worked in so-called siiddat (reindeer herding groups) and reindeer were used for transport, milk and meat production. The siida is an ancient Sámi community system within a designated area but it can also be defined as a working partnership where the members had individual rights to resources but helped each other ...
Lapland (Sami) herders visiting Seattle en route to Alaska, March 1898, as part of the Lapland-Yukon Relief Expedition (also called the Manitoba Expedition). Stamped on verso: Wilse Scenic Fotografer, McDonald Blk. 811 2nd Ave. Seattle, Wash. Wilse & Kirk, Views & Enlargement, 811 2nd Ave. Seattle, Wash.
Open at the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum of Contemporary Art through March 2, 2025, "Arctic Highways: Unbounded Indigenous People" features work by 12 Indigenous artists from Sápmi ...
The Samoyedic peoples (sometimes Samodeic peoples) [ a ] are a group of closely related peoples who speak Samoyedic languages, which are part of the Uralic family. They are a linguistic, ethnic, and cultural grouping. The name derives from the obsolete term Samoyed used in Russian Empire for some of the Indigenous peoples of Siberia, see ...