Tuomas Aslak Juuso, acting president of the Sami parliament in Finland, said climate change and land use changes -- including the militarisation of the Arctic -- posed special challenges for the ...

HELSINKI (AP) — The indigenous Sami people of Europe's Arctic region on Wednesday celebrated their national day with dance, songs and lassoing displays amid worries that their ancient traditions ...

We’re also looking into the required changes to Finnish legislation because one of the decisions says that Finland should start an amendment of legislation to recognize Sami collective land rights.

Small but very strong.” Kitti and her husband lovingly run Reinina Reindeer Farm near Inari, Finland, where his family has been herding reindeer for over 400 years.

Much has changed already. Ingemar Israellson, 73, is the oldest person at the calf marking and has been a reindeer herder his whole life.

Sanila-Aikio is a reindeer herder and singer (whose song Uuh was the first single in the Skolt Sámi language ever to chart in Finland), and current President of Finland’s Sámi Parliament.

The Sami flag (C) is seen as police carry a Sami activist away, during a protest at the entrance of Norway's Ministery of Finance, in Oslo, on March 2, 2023.

A fighter jet roaring through the grey sky breaks the tranquillity of a boreal forest in northern Finland, one more sign of a growing military presence that is challenging the ability of reindeer ...