Where are the Sami people located in the world?

The Sámi people ( / ˈsɑːmi /; also spelled Sami or Saami) are an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula within the Murmansk Oblast of Russia.

When did Finland recognize the Sami as a people?

The act establishing the Finnish Sámi Parliament (Finnish: Saamelaiskäräjät) was passed on November 9, 1973. Finland recognized the Sámi as a “people” in 1995, but they have yet to ratify ILO Convention 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples.

Where does the word Sami come from in Swedish?

The Baltic word is cognate with Slavic zemlja ( земля ), which also means ‘land’. The Sámi institutions – notably the parliaments, radio and TV stations, theatres, etc. – all use the term Sámi, including when addressing outsiders in Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, or English.

What did Johannes Schefferus call the Sami people?

The term “Lapp” was popularized and became the standard terminology by the work of Johannes Schefferus, Acta Lapponica (1673). The Sámi are often known in other languages by the exonyms Lap, Lapp, or Laplanders, although these are considered derogatory terms, while others accept at least the name Lappland.

Are there any genetic mutations in the Sami people?

There has been a discovery of a “Sámi motif,” which is a group of three specific mutations found in 1/3 of the Sámi people. The significance of this rests with the fact that this mutation has only been found in six other samples.

What kind of lifestyle did the Sami have?

The Sámi are a nomad people who have followed the reindeer across the vast pasture area from mountain to coast. Today, the nomadic lifestyle is history, and the Sámi are resident, but the reindeer still migrate from their winter habitat to the summer pasture area. Year after year, as they have done for centuries.