Tag: Sami
Sami language technology faces resistance from tech giants
Linguists and language workers gathered this week at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. The theme was “How will indigenous languages survive in the digital…
The Sami village involuntarily signed the agreement: “We had no choice”
The pressure on Sami traditional lands increases from developers, which leads to the shrinking of reindeer pastures. From the developers, the solution has been to sign agreements with the reindeer…
Hate attack against Sami exhibition: “Shocked”
Last Saturday, Aerpie, which is part of the Slipvillan art center at Långholmen in Stockholm and the center for Sami contemporary art, had its opening when Lena Stenberg exhibited. A…
Sami politician: Must speak Swedish for people to listen
Several Sami-speaking politicians often choose to speak Swedish when they are in the pulpit, one of them is Lars-Miguel Utsi, party leader for Guovssonásti, who in this week’s 15 minutes…
The Sami under threat – also in reindeer herding: “It won’t be like before”
The Sami have long been threatened. Reindeer farming has been seen as the last strong bastion where the language survives. But when the Sami Parliament recently issued its annual report…
They won the Sami Melodifestivalen 2024
The Sami Melodifestivalen was traditionally decided during the Easter Festival in Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. Nils Ove Kuorak, 29, from Gällivare jockeyed his cousin and his dog. He describes the cousin as a…
Guide: Everything you need to know before the Sami Melodifestivalen
The Sámi Melodifestivalen, which also goes by the name Sámi Grand Prix, is arranged in Kautokeino during Easter every year since 1990. It was first an addition to the Sámi…
Ahmed Berhan: “You Sami are black skulls”
On Saturday, it’s time for this year’s edition of the Sami melody festival. Before that, they went through the songs and joiks in three programs that Natalie Carrion, who also…
New report: The Sami villages at a disadvantage in the agreements
For the first time ever, researchers have gained access to the Sami villages’ agreements with developers. After analyzing them, the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) released a report showing that Sami…
Jari Litmanen and Sami Hyypia witnessed a wonderful moment – a cancer-stricken legend in tears: “Beautiful and incredible” | Sport
Finnish strikers Jari Litmanen and Sami Hyypää were in their teams’ lineups in the charity match between Liverpool and Ajax player legends. Legendary football coach Sven-Göran Eriksson76, was able to…