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Arran

Arran is the publication of the SAMI SIIDA of North America.

Árran Norway - julevsáme guovdásj/lulesami centre
Eric Bergland makes Sami, Finnish and Nordic knives at the highest craftsman level.
The Center for Environmental Economic Development...a catalyst for sustainable communities
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.

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.

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.

Northern Lavvu
Northern Lavvu

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.

Rauna Kuokkanen blog from Sapmi

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.

"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.

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.

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.
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.

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.

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.

Sami Culture
University of Texas at Austin

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/sami/

Experiential learning and scientific knowledge. Features slide shows, joik, scores of articles.
     
 
 

 


Teller, Alaska 1898
 
     
   

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