Sami Siida of North America

Sami People

Reindeer, Sami rock carving

Sami Culture

The Sami - an indigenous people in Sweden
A book published by the Swedish government, download the whole book as two pdf files

Saami Culture Encyclopaedia
From the University of Helsinki Department of Sami Studies

Sami Culture in a New Era
by Harald Gaski - from the introduction to the book

Sami of Norway
by Sami Scholar Elina Helander

Sami Parliament in Finland


Sápmi on the Finnish side
 Article from Virtual Finland

Sápmi on the Swedish side
Highlights are historical timetable and detailed information about reindeer herding through the seasons

Skolt Sami
A multimedia presentation

"We are the Sami"
The Sápmi based Resource Center for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has put their entire DVD on youtube.  An overview of Sami culture with emphasis on Norwegian side.

Sami rock carving, reindeer

Scholarly Articles and Academic Papers


Rights

Assimilation of the Sami - Implementation and Consequences
by Henry Minde

Culture as Property?  Some Saami Dilemmas (pdf)
by Trond Thuen

Land Rights, Linguistic Rights, and Cultural Autonomy
  From the Sami Parliament in Finland

Sámi Culture in the Nordic Countries – Administration, Support, Evaluation
by Harald Gaski

Summary of the Saami Situation in Finland (pdf)
by Benjamin Keil

Territoriality and State-Sami Relations
by Scott Forest


Sami Boats

Sewn Boats of the North
by Christer Westerdahl

Sewn boat reconstruction - Saami technique

Sami Rock Engravings from the Mountains in Laponia, Northern Sweden
by Inga-Maria Mulk and Tim Bayliss-Smith

Sami DNA

The Genetics of the Saami People and Their Language
by Carl O. Nordling

The Origin of the Baltic Finns from the Physical Anthropological Point of View (pdf)
by Markku Niskanen

Saami Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Deep Maternal Lineage Clusters (pdf)
by Madjid Delghandi, Egil Utsi, and Stefan Krauss

Towards the Understanding of Post-Glacial Spread of Human Mitochondrial DNA Halpogroups (pdf)
by Kristiina Tambets



Other

Árran archive
Variety of Sami culture articles

Border Crossings, Pathfinders, and New Visions: The Role of Sámi Literature in Contemporary Society (pdf)
by Rauna Kuokkanen

Sami Drums
(article with many illustrations of the different types of drums)
by Tor Gjerde

Saami rock drawing, reindeer

Excerpts from Historical Texts

Concerning the Lapps and the Finns
 From Nordlands Trompet by Peter Dass

Historia Norwegiae
"Historia Norwegiae is a Latin-language history of Norway written in the second half of the twelfth century. In the chapter describing the Sámi is found the oldest description of the Sámi drums and their use." Also the earliest known writing on shamanism of any kind. c. 1160-1175

The Kola Lapps
  From The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire

Lapponia
By Johannes Schefferus, 1673


Documents and Declarations

Declaration by the Sami Council at the 18th Sami Conference

Kitok v. Sweden
Court documents for a case of Sami reindeer herding family v. Swedish government

Saami rock drawing, alta

Museums

Alta Museum
"The rock art sites in Alta are the only prehistoric ”cultural properties” in Norway inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The rock art is found in five separate areas, the largest being at Hjemmeluft/Jiepmaluokta, where Alta Museum is situated."

Sami Collection at the National Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway
The Sami Department of the Norsk Folkemuseum has a permanent collection and an open air museum


Siida - Sámi Museum and Northern Lapland Nature Centre in Finland
"Sami Duodji - The Sami Artisans 30 Years,Nov. 17th, 2005 – Oct. 1st, 2006
Beauty and practicality shake hands in the traditional Sami world of artifacts. The same thought applies in the modern Sami crafts as well. In this jubilee exhibition of the Sami Duodji, which is a handicraft Society of 300 members, there will be, for instance, handicrafts from private collections of the members.  The organisers of the exhibition: Sami Duodji Association and the Sami Museum Siida"


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