Tag: Sami
Ville Peltonen’s third act is dancing with the stars – Jori Lehterä and Sami Lepistö join HIFK’s ranks
HIFK, which plays in the Ice Hockey Championship League, announced on Monday its new acquisitions for the upcoming league season. Ville Peltonen starts his third season as head coach and…
New chairman and two vacant seats in the Sami Parliament youth council
Members of the Sami Parliament’s Youth Council are elected for two years and the term of office is from the third of September and two years onwards. The selection committee…
The Nordic Council: “We hope to be able to expand the cooperation with the Sami Parliament”
The Sami Parliamentary Council, where the three Sami Parliaments are represented, has extended observer rights, which means that the SPR gets the right to participate in committee meetings where issues…
The injustices experienced by the Swedish and Sámi people are read as a marathon performance in Norway, the country’s truth and reconciliation commission’s years of work is complete
“I remember that we weren’t allowed to speak Sami in Norwegian language classes. — We understood Norwegian, but we couldn’t speak. If we said something wrong, others laughed” These memories…
That’s why they want to belong to a Sámi village: “To reconnect with the roots”
The proposal is one of the major topics of debate at the Sámi Parliament’s plenum in Arvidsjaur. The critics fear that it would lead to a split in the Sami…
Canceled parliamentary youth conference upstairs in the Sámi Parliament’s plenum
On Tuesday, the Sámi Parliament’s plenum in Árviesjávrrie started with interpellations. The Samiland Party’s Johanna Njaita wanted an answer from the Sami Parliament’s board chairman Håkan Jonsson about why the…
Here, the children solve everyday problems in a completely new Sami children’s program
The program is also available on Meänkieli – Auta minua! and is in its second season there. Now in a new venture Sami children solve everyday problems in Northern Sami…
She wants to see more Sami men in the debate about violence against women
She works at the Center for Sami Health Research in Norway and describes sexual violence against women as a destructive male culture. – The violence mainly affects women and children,…
The war made Russian Sami people afraid of whistleblowing – an activist who left for Norway compares the atmosphere to the Soviet Union of the 1930s
The Sami community in Russia split into two after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. Roman Yakovlev compares the situation in Russia to the Soviet Union of the 1930s,…
Conclusion in the UN debate: Climate measures must not override the rights of the Sami
If the equation is to come together, the state must locate renewable energy projects and other development projects so that they cause the least possible interference for the Sami. Consultation…