Climate change and efforts to curb it by moving away from fossil fuels are both threatening the rights and livelihood of Sami indigenous people in the Arctic, Amnesty International said Friday.

Pieski says one endangered Sami word is jiekŋaguolli.It refers to salmon in the spring, immediately after the ice on the river breaks up. According to him, there's no need to use that word anymore.

The fight over the wind turbines has been long running. In October 2021, the Sámi people secured a legal victory. Norway’s Supreme Court ruled that the wind farm permits were invalid because ...

The reindeer struggle to dig for lichen as the unpredictable winters turn melting snow into layers of ice, ... Most people speak to each other in Swedish, with many near fluent in English too.

Slow-cooked reindeer, seaweed-infused bread, smoked salmon, award-winning cheese, and Arctic berries are among the regional ...

Learn about the Sámi people of the Sápmi region, spanning Norway, Sweden, Finland, and northwest Russia, in this week's episode of "Lost Cultures: Living Legacies." ...

If the ancient forest disappears, so too, Jannok fears, will the reindeer and by extension, the Sámi people. “Reindeers have survived here since the ice age,” he said.