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

The sun crossing the summer sky is said to have inspired the circular design, prized by the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, Finland and western Russia. Share full article Snow Brooch with ...

Christianity reached Sami areas in medieval times, both in its Catholic and Orthodox form. Since the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537, most Sami in Norway have been Lutheran, ...

The Sámi are the Indigenous people of northern Scandinavia, having inhabited the fjords, fenlands, valleys and tundra of this region straddling the Arctic Circle for thousands of years. Their ...

Some of that baggage is alluded to in “Us Local People,” curated by Storfjell. Small wooden dolls from last century show grimacing, clownish faces, poking fun at Sami physical features.

Immerse yourself in one of the world’s oldest nomadic cultures at the Sámi Jokkmokk Market festival in Swedish Lapland, with folk dancing, reindeer racing and dogsledding all on offer.

Photos: For Scandinavia's Sami People, Reindeer Still Reign. October 31, 2011 12:10 PM ET. By . Claire O'Neill I'm grappling with words to introduce these photos; maybe they don't need words.

Upon first glance, the village of Inari, with a population of 650 people, appears little more than a couple of supermarkets and a few dozen houses along the edge of a large lake.

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

Once hunter-gatherers, the Sami switched to herding reindeer (caribou) in the Middle Ages. ... In Sweden, a country of 10m people, there are only about 20,000 Sami.