The purpose of Norway's Sami Act is to make it possible for the Sami people in Norway to protect and develop their language, their culture and their community life. The first Sami Assembly ...

For nearly 100 years, “attempting to overthrow the state system” has remained a popular method for Russian security forces to ...

In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, ...

A groundbreaking decision in Europe may signal a shift in the way we engage with Indigenous land rights beyond property rhetoric.

A new wave of positive-impact experiences in northern Finland is finally allowing the Sámi to benefit from the tourism boom. View on euronews ...

The Sámi are a semi-nomadic Indigenous people who practice traditional reindeer herding in northern Europe. Their traditional territory, Sápmi, extends throughout parts of Sweden, Norway ...

Sami activists during a protest outside ministry ... stating that Finland had violated the rights of the Sámi Indigenous people to their culture and land. This decision, unprecedented in Europe ...

The Sami are an Arctic Indigenous people. There is no census just for Sami but their numbers are estimated to be between 100,000 to 150,000. Their traditional homeland stretches across Arctic ...

And this despite the fact that the region is part of the homeland of the Sami - an Indigenous people and culture that has nothing to do with the Inuit way of life thousands of kilometres away.

Disclosure information is available on the original site. In October 2024, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) issued a landmark decision stating that ...