Meet the Sámi, an Indigenous community still thriving in the Sápmi region, which today encompasses Norway, Sweden, Finland, and northwest Russia.

Some 10,500 indigenous Sami live in Finland, speaking three different Sami languages. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Roughly, we can speak of about 70,000 Sámi in Norway, 20,000 in Sweden, 10,000 in Finland, and about 2,000 in Russia. For historical reasons, the Russian community is the most isolated.

Misinterpreting the freedom to roam. The Sámi Homeland in Finland is one part of Sápmi, a large, diverse area that encompasses northern Norway, Sweden, and Russia’s Kola Peninsula.

In 2011 and 2015, the Human Rights Committee raised concerns over Finland’s treatment of the Sámi. “I am extremely unhappy for this situation,” wrote Satu Hassi.

In Finland, exploration permits to build a mine in Sápmi have angered Sámi leaders, but the Sámi lack the legal mechanisms to protect the area.

Like every spring in Paatsjoki, Sapmi in Finland and Russia, the water of the Lake Inari is so low that my father starts the day by swearing that, on the other side of the border, they don't let water ...

Perhaps the most recognizable piece of jewelry worn by the Sami, the Indigenous people of northern Scandinavia, Finland and western Russia, is a round brooch known among many Sami as the risku.

Finnish lawmakers approved on Thursday a long-awaited legal reform of the Sami parliament that strengthens the rights of ...

Meet the Sámi, an Indigenous community still thriving in the Sápmi region, which today encompasses Norway, Sweden, Finland, and northwest Russia. Why the Sámi People—and Their Ancient Songs ...