Tag: Sami
The politicians clashed over the right to belong to a Sami village
The Reindeer Grazing Act (later the Reindeer Husbandry Act) already in 1886 divided the Sami population into reindeer-herding Sami and non-reindeer-herding Sami. Where several rights, including hunting and fishing, accrued…
Sami Välimäki is traveling to an important tournament after all – the clerk’s typing error initially denied entry to South Africa
Finnish golfer Sami Välimäki will be playing on the European tour in South Africa during the rest of the week. Välimäki said on Monday on social media that he will…
Double victory for Östra Kikkejaur in the Sami Championships
This weekend the Sami Floorball Championships were decided in connection with Ubmejen Biejvieh. Six men’s teams and four women’s teams participated in the tournament and it was a double victory…
Tears revealed how deep Sami Välimäki came back as a winner – the coach’s hero opens a historic Finnish trick
Finnish golf star Sami Välimäki took the European tour tournament win in Qatar over the weekend, which of course has great significance for the man himself but also for Finnish…
Sami Välimäki earned 600,000 euros on the European tour – emphasizes greater importance behind the win
Sami Välimäki won the Qatar leg of the golf European tour. Jussi Vainikka, Simo Arkko, Risto Ukkonen Sami Välimäki won the golf European tour competition in Doha, Qatar. Välimäki, who…
The Sámi Parliament grants money to cultural projects
The Sami Parliament’s culture committee had a meeting last week and there they granted SEK 393,280 for eight new cultural projects. The International Sami Film Institute receives the most money,…
Now there will be street signs in Sami in Giron
There were a number of proposals that the municipal board had to decide on. Among other things, it was about if the street names would get a hybrid name with…
Now you can submit your contribution to the Sámi Grand Prix 2024
The Sámi Grand Prix is arranged annually in connection with Easter, which is an old tradition. The music competition invites participants and artists from all over Sápmi, but where the…
Lycksele’s nursing home has been given a Sami room
Skytten is a retirement home for those who both have their own kitchen and can go to a dining room. Del now also has a Sami room to stay in…
Talma Sami village demands back the seite – which was stolen by Hjalmar Lundbohm
115 years ago, more precisely in 1908, LKAB’s and Kiruna’s strongman Hjalmar Lundbohm is said to have taken a seite with him during a visit to a sacred Sami place.…