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Arran
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Arran is the publication of the SAMI SIIDA of North America. |
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Árran
Norway - julevsáme guovdásj/lulesami centre |
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Eric Bergland makes Sami, Finnish and Nordic knives at the highest craftsman level. |
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The Center
for Environmental Economic Development...a catalyst for
sustainable communities |
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E-skuvla gives Saami language lessons through the internet. E-skuvla tilbyr
fleksibel lćring i samisk. Opplegget inviterer til aktiv lćring
gjennom mye lyd og mange bilder, interaktive oppgaver og elektronisk
lydordbok. |
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The Finnish American Reporter is a monthly,
English language journal, established in 1986, featuring articles
and news reports of interest to Finns across North America, in
Finland and around the world. |
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New
World Finn is a quarterly journal exploring Finnish culture.
Published since 1999, New World Finn is a twenty-eight page non-academic
newsprint tabloid about Finns and Finnish emigrants. |
www.kurtseaberg.com/ |
Kurt Seaberg - Original artwork and lithographs based on Saami and Nature. His annual "Saami Spirit Calender" newest edition is now available. |
www.nathanmuus.com/ |
Nathan Muus - Original world/folk based music with influences of Saami, Latin, Blues, Folk, Jazz, Rock, Bluegrass/Celtic and Country. |
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Northern
Lavvu designs and produces both traditional and modern
style Lavvus (pronounced "LAA-voo", and often-spelled Lavvo).
The people who work, design or mentor the craft of Lavvu making
are of Sami ancestry and have experience in living and camping
in Lavvus. Sami Elders have taught and guided the Lavvu makers
in this craft. |
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Rauna Kuokkanen blog from Sapmi |
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The SAMEFOLKET Magazine – that’s us! Our
headquarters are in Östersund, a city called Luvlieluspie in the
South Saami language. Luvlieluspie is situated fairly well in
the centre of the South Saami area, of Sweden and Scandinavia. |
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"We,
Saami are one people, united in our own culture, language and
history, living in areas which, since time immemorial and up to
historical times, we alone inhabited and utilized." Saami
political program 1986/Saami Council statements. |
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The Sami Parliament's purpose is decided
by Sweden's Riksdag and regulated by law. Forming the basis of
the Riksdag's decision in December 1992 was the state hearing
on Sami rights initiated in the beginning of the 1980s. The hope
of the Sami people was that the creation of a Sami Parliament
would signal the beginning of a new epoch with increased Sami
influence and self determination regarding questions of occupation,
culture and language. |
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Transmitting in North-Sámi,
South-Sámi, Lule-Sámi and Swedish, and featuring a
lot of music programs. We see this as a service to all Sámis
around
the world, and it is free. |
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The Sami Siiddat of North America is a
confederation of regional organizations with members who share
the heritage of the Sami culture of Northern Scandinavia and Finland.
Participants are immigrants and the descendents of immigrants
from that region of Europe traditionally known as Lapland (today
called Samiland or Sápmi), and all share an active interest in
their heritage. |
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Scandinavica.com tells the world
about the good things of the Nordic countries and brings people
interested in Scandinavian culture together. Visit the Sami
and Lapland Forum. |
www.sjamanensrike.no/ |
On the advice
of Dr. Sheldon Jackson, the Minister of Education for Alaska,
the American authorities invited Saamis from Finnmark (the northernmost
part of Norway) over to that wilderness state to teach reindeer
herding to the Eskimos (inupiats). This is the story about the
two great waves of Saami emigrants to Alaska in 1894 and 1898. |
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Experiential learning and scientific
knowledge. Features slide shows, joik, scores of articles. |
| SAMI RESEARCH |
University of Minnesota Sami Research project
www.d.umn.edu/~jvileta/samiresearch.html |
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