8 Facts About Sámi Reindeer Herders

Reindeer herding is integral to the Sami, the only recognised indigenous people of Northern Europe. Living in harmony with their surroundings, their stewardship of their Arctic homelands combines traditions both ancient and thoroughly modern. #ForYourJourney #Parajumpers #Sami #Norway #Sweden #Finland #Scandinavia #IndigenousPeoples #SamiPeople #Reindeer #ReindeerHerding #SamiCulture #Arctic #ArcticCircle #Outerwear #Wanderlust #NaturalWorld | Parajumpers

The Culture of Sami Reindeer Herding in Finnish Lapland

Watch: Sámi reindeer herders grapple with a changing Arctic

From fighting against wind power projects that threaten her people's traditions to advocating for Sámi language and culture, Maja Kristine Jåma (Sámi) tells us how climate change, land exploitation, and assimilation policies are impacting the Sámi way of life. Read more in this article: https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/climate-change-affecting-our-knowledge-and-herding #CSQ #IndigenousClimateSolutions #ClimateAction | Cultural Survival

Tell US investors to divest from a mine that violates Indigenous Peoples’ rights and threatens the environment in Norway. Add your name at bit.ly/divestfromnussir. Nussir ASA’s copper mine would harm a traditional Sámi reindeer herding area and dump millions of tons of toxic mine waste into a fjord. Norway is one of the only countries in the world still approving projects that dump mine waste into the ocean. Sámi leaders have set up a protest camp and have been arrested resisting the mine. Despi