Every year, thousands of reindeer migrate from Norway to Finland. This year, a whopping 3,500 of them are making the trip, accompanied by dozens of Sami herders — indigenous Scandinavians ...

Ingá-Máret Gaup-Juuso lives in a Finnish village near the Norwegian border, among the reindeer herding communities of Sweden and Norway. She’s a Sami – the largest indigenous group of people ...

Norway on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm and the Indigenous right to raise reindeer. Under the ...

A reindeer in Máze, Norway. Not all Sami children have access to traditional activities and the school system can play an important role in helping Sami children connect with their culture ...

Half of the World's Sami Population Resides in Norway The indigenous Sami people have called the Arctic regions home for centuries. Known for reindeer herding and vibrant cultural traditions, the ...

The Go Jetters are in snowy Norway to learn about the reindeer that are cared for by the local Sami people. The Go Jetters are in snowy Norway to learn about the reindeer that are cared for by the ...

Yet other academic studies in Sweden and Norway found ... from trading in reindeer meat, fur and antlers. Many others work in tourism and handicraft jobs linked to Sami culture.

The Sami are a nomadic people who herd reindeer. They are making efforts to preserve their culture. Norway's advanced indigenous policy is known across the world. But it has a bittersweet history.

As well as cultural impacts, there’s also environmental impacts by everything from foreign hunters interfering with traditional Sami activities like hunting, fishing and reindeer herding ...