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What a landmark ruling for the Sámi people in Finland means for the protection of Indigenous rights globally
In October 2024, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) issued a landmark decision stating that Finland had violated the rights of the Sámi Indigenous people to ...
How do you save a language from extinction? With creative thinking—and some help from Wikipedia
In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, ...
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Tia Keobounpheng’s Vibrating Textile Geometries Merge Modernism and Sámi Lineage
Through paper and wood panels, Tia Keobounpheng weaves colorful thread to create precise geometries in vibrating color.
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Eye on the Arctic
The Sami are an Arctic Indigenous people whose traditional homeland spans the Arctic regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia’s western Arctic, an area they refer to ...
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Sámi Grand Prix 2025 returns to Guovdageaidnu with 12 artists
Sámi Grand Prix 2025 will take place on 12 April in Guovdageaidnu, Norway. The event features 12 Sámi artists in song and ...
‘Lilyhammer’-Like Drama ‘Torna A Surriento’ Boarded By Siminn Ahead Of Series Mania Bow
EXCLUSIVE: Icelandic streamer Siminn has boarded Torna a Surriento, a European co-production for Finland’s YLE and Italy’s ...
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Saturday Is Sámi People's Day
Sámi people have observed their national day since the 1990s, although it wasn’t written into Finnish calendars until 2004. The Sámi are the only indigenous people of the European Union. Many of ...