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Swante M. Swenson (February 24, 1816 – June 13, 1896) was the founder of the SMS ranches in West Texas.It was through his efforts that Swedish immigration to Texas was begun in 1848. [1]
Sámi clothing is clothing used by the Sámi. The style of clothing they use varies among regions and language groups, but there are many common or similar elements. Traditional elements are often included in modern Sámi clothing to signify Sámi identity. [1] [2] Elements and outfits (using the Northern Sámi language terms) include:
Sami Blood (2016), a movie chronicling the life of a Sámi girl taken into a Swedish boarding school to be forcibly assimilated as a Swede [217] Frozen (2013), features a major character named Kristoff who wears clothing resembling Sámi attire and has a pet reindeer.
The uniqueness of the Sami gene pool has made it one of the most extensively studied genetic populations in the world. The most frequent Sami MtDNA (female) haplotype is U5b1b1 comprising nearly half of all haplotypes, with type V in around the same quantities, with some minor D, H and Z. [10]
The act was modeled in part on Norwegian and Swedish policies on the ownership of reindeer by the Sami people of Sápmi. Many Sámi had recently arrived in Alaska to manage the reindeer in the 1930s. As a result of the act, Alaskan Sámi were required to sell their herds to the government at $3 per head.
Lule Sámi politician Lars Filip Paulsen in traditional Lule Sámi clothing (gáppte). Lule Sámi people (Lule Sámi: julevsáme) are a group of Sámi people in Sweden and Norway who speak the Lule Sámi language. In Sweden, they traditionally live in Jokkmokk, Gällivare and Nothern Arjeplog, and in Norway, in Northern Salten.
Texas officials try to intercept sale of surplus border wall materials Patrick noted that Texas became aware of the materials slated for auction on Dec. 12, the same day the Daily Wire reported ...
"Gákti" is the Northern Sámi term for the clothing. The following terms in other Sami languages do not refer to the Northern Sami gákti, but their own clothing: South Sámi: gaeptie [1] /gapta/gåptoe. Ume Sámi: gápttie. Pite Sámi: gáppte, gåppto. Lule Sámi: gáppte/gábdde. Inari Sámi: mááccuh [2] Skolt Sámi: määccaǩ [2]