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 ...

A Helsinki comprehensive school will offer classes in the indigenous Northern Sámi language more intensively than ever before in autumn 2018. A teacher and curriculum still need to be secured. The ...

Sajos, the Sami cultural centre in Inari, Finland and home to the Sami Parliament in Finland. (Eilís Quinn/Eye on the Arctic) The Executive Board of the Sámi Parliament in Finland has recommended the ...

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, the indigenous people in the far north of Europe and Russia, are ready to share their stories with the world. But only under certain conditions, says film commissioner Liisa Holmberg from ...

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, ...

The Sámi Parliament election in Finland will not be repeated and the October election result will be the final result. The issue was resolved by the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland this week. ...

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 ...

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EU leaders took a step forward on their 2040 climate goal and the UN’s shipping body delayed carbon pricing after US pressure ...

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