KIRUNA, Sweden — Squinting in the horizontal rays from the barely rising winter sun, Hans-Goeran Partapuoli scans knee-deep snow for prints from lynx or wolverine, traditional enemies of his reindeer.
The DECC is hosting some unusual guests: there are reindeer at the Sami Encampment on the DECC grounds. The nomadic tent camp was set up Wednesday, and will last the duration of the festival. Stop by ...
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 ...
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 ...