Recent North American Sami Community Events

November 8, 2008, ScanFest 2008, Charlotte, North Carolina

July 23 - 27, 2008, FinnFest, Duluth, Minnesota

April 19-20, 2008, Annual Scandinavian Festival, Thousand Oaks, CA

May 3 and 4, 2008 16th Annual Norway Days, Herbst Pavillion, San Francisco, CA

May 5 -6, 2007 Norway Day Festival

April 21 - 22, 2007 Scandinavian Festival

March 29 - April 1, 2007 World of Nations Celebration

Spring 2007 Arctic Voices Global Warming Tour

February 14, 2007 Indigenous Peoples' International Polar Year Opening Ceremonies

July 26-30, 2006 FinnFest 2006, Astoria, Oregon and Nacelle, Washington

July 4, 2006 Alfred Nilima Family Reunion, Kotzebue, Alaska

March 5-11, 2006 Arctic Winter Games 2006, Kenai Borough, Alaska

February 17-18, 2006 "The Nordic Spirit Symposium and Sami Duodji Exhibit", California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California

January 14 - May 7, 2006 "In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun" Sami and Inuit Art 2000-2005, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario

October 7, 2005 to November 11, 2005 "The Sami: Reindeer People of Alaska", Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington

October 8, 2005 Sámi Family Reunion, Trollhaugen Lodge, Cascade Mountains near Seattle, Washington

August 10 - 14, 2005 Saami Reunion Siidastallen Finn Grand Fest, Marquette, Michigan

August 5 - 7, 2005 Three Grandmothers Saami Womens' Spiritual Gathering, Hibbing, Minnesota

February 8, 2005 to September 16, 2005, The Alaska Exhibit, Nome, Alaska

April 9-10, 2005 The 2005 Scandinavian Festival, Thousand Oaks, California

December 4, 2004 The Annual Saami Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota

November 7-30, 2004 A Scandinavian Cultural Exhibit featuring the Sami and art of Elle-Hánsa.

September 29, 2004 to January 29, 2005 The Alaska Exhibit, Kodiak, Alaska

July 2003 Scandinavian Showcase Festival, Edmonton, Canada

June 2003 Bay Area Indian Agency Resources (BAIAR) meeting, Saami Baiki Foundation, Oakland

Circumpolar Worlds: Indigenous People on Two Continents symposium, Cowell Theater, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California

Reindeer Owners and Breeders Association annual meeting, Pendelton, Oregon

May 2003 Norway Days festival, Crissy Field, San Francisco, California

Fundraiser Feast for the exhibit “The Sami- Reindeer People of Alaska”, Sons of Norway Island Viking lodge, Kodiak, Alaska

April 2003 Scandinavian Festival to be held at 1000, Thousand Oaks, California

March 2003 Kawerak Alaska Native Reindeer Herders Association annual meeting. Nome, Alaska

February 2003 The Lost Forest filming on location, Lake Tahoe area, California

December 2002 Christmas Fair SVEA Swedish woman’s organization, Hollywood Paladium, Los Angeles

Saami Baiki Solstice potluck gathering, Oakland, California

October 2002 Scandifest, Turlock, California

September 2002 Meetings are held (September and October) in Anchorage and Bethel Alaska regarding the planned traveling exhibit “The Sami- Reindeer People of Alaska” to begin next year. Family members of the Alaska Sami community as well as other interested people including museum staff and Eskimo family members whose families were part of the original Reindeer Project met at the Native Heritage Center, Anchorage, The Anchorage Museum, and Yupik Museum in Bethel Alaska. Everyone is really excited about this project! The Alaska Humanities Forum and the Seventh Generation Fund have given the project planning grants to get going.

August 2002 Finnfest The largest annual Finnish-American cultural festival in North America, held in a different location each year. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

May 2002 Norway Days, San Mateo Expo Center, San Mateo, California