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Sami people (also Sámi or Saami) are an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting the Arctic area of Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sami are the only indigenous people of Scandinavia recognized and protected under the international conventions of indigenous peoples, and are hence the northernmost indigenous people of Europe.
Sami ancestral lands span an area of approximately 388,350 km2 (150,000 sq. mi.), which is approximately the size of Norway, in the Nordic countries. Their traditional languages are the Sami languages and are classified as a branch of the Uralic language family.
Traditionally, the Sami have pursued a variety of livelihoods, including coastal fishing, fur trapping, and sheep herding. Their best-known means of livelihood is semi-nomadic reindeer herding. For traditional, environmental, cultural, and political reasons, reindeer herding is legally reserved only for Sami people in certain regions of the Nordic countries.
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| Sami group early 1900 eds and Lavvo tents in Tromsdalen |
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| Sami man on Reindeer sledge in Lappland Sweden |
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| Sami mother and children. Grotli, Oppland, Norway |
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| A semi-nomad Sami Children Northern Sweden Norway late 1800 (likely from 1884, Bonaparte). |
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| Mountain Saami group in Lyngen Norway. 1928 |
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| Sami people from Sweden. Gruppbild. Sorselesamer i Ammarnäs 1871. |
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| Sami camp Finnmark early 1900s |
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| Sami women from Fatmomakke Västerbotten Sweden |
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| Northern Sweden Nomad Sami people about 1880 |
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| Sami Nomad family Nordland Norway |
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| Sweden Sami people 1899 Jamtland |
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| Sami Farmers Västerbotten Sweden before 1926 |
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| From a Sami wedding in Norway. 1900 |
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| Anares, Enare or Inari Finland Sami family with boats. 1900 |
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| Saami Nomad School |
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| Swedish Sami family from the turn 1800 - 1900 |
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| Nomad Sami Winter Camp Sweden published 1925 |
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| Sami men from Jämtland Sweden |
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| Sami girls from Telemark Southern Norway late 1800 |
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| Samer Vaisaluokta Lappland Sweden before 1926 |
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| Sami family and Lavvo tent photo T. Dahllöf, Kiruna, Sweden |
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| Sami family in Nordland Norway early 1900 |
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| Nomad School in Gallivara Sweden before 1926 |
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| Nomad Sami children in Sweden early 1900 |
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| Lektion Sami Nomad school Sweden. 1900 |
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| Sami Swedish nomad Sami 1880 - 1920 |
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| Girl with sheeps in Børselv, Porsanger in Norway. Date: 1880-1906. |
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| Sami reindeer herder from Sweden |
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| Nordic Sami Enare Finland. |
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| Sami group in the late 1800s |
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| Sami men with transport reindeers. |
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| Lappland in Sweden. Catching reindeers. Sweden. |
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| Skolt Sami women in Finland. |
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| Sami Children in Sweden 1920-1930. |
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| Swedish Sami in the late 1800s. |
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| Reindeer herders in Sweden, late 1800s. |
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| A Sami school class with teacher in the early 1930s. Stensele, Västerbotten County in Sweden. |
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| Sami men at a market in Tromso Norway around 1900. |
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| Two people in a boat sinking sedge grass. Kirkenes, Sør-Varanger, Norway |
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