Representatives of Finland's indigenous Sami said Tuesday they would urge holidaymakers to stop visiting igloos and riding husky sleds in Lapland, claiming non-Sami traditions are being passed off as ...

Pentti Pieski, chair of City-Sámit ry, who says repsonses to his organisation’s petition have been positive. (Jouni Aikio / Yle Sápmi) Sámi associations sent a petition to Finnish MPs and ministers ...

The head of Finland’s Sámi Parliament told a United Nations gathering in New York that the Finnish government has robbed her people of their right to define themselves by failing to sign up to an ...

BRUSSELS, July 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sami reindeer herders have been taking their animals to graze on the lichen of Finland's northerly forests for hundreds of years, but community leaders ...

The Sámi Parliament in Finland has voted to approve the draft of a controversial piece of legislation that would make sure their right to self-determination is enshrined in Finnish law. The Sámi are ...

One of the five Finnish government parties is digging its heels in over new legislation for indigenous people that would enshrine their rights in Finnish law. Three weeks ago, nobody in the Finnish ...

The National Museum of Finland in Helsinki will later this year return 2,200 artefacts to the Indigenous Sámi people thanks to an agreement with the Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida, in Inari, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Representatives of Finland's indigenous Sami said Tuesday they would urge holidaymakers to stop visiting igloos and riding husky sleds in Lapland, claiming non-Sami traditions are being passed off as ...

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