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"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]
Duodji is a traditional Sami handicraft, dating back to a time when the Sami were far more isolated from the outside world than they are today. [1] [2] [3] Duodji tools, clothing, and accessories are intended to be primarily functional, [4] [5] but may also incorporate artistic elements. [6]
Eastern Sámi boots have a rounded toe on reindeer-fur boots, lined with felt and with beaded details. There are different gákti for women and men; men's gákti have a shorter "jacket-skirt" than a women's long dress. Traditional gákti are most commonly in variations of red, blue, green, white, medium-brown tanned leather, or reindeer fur.
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:
In the 1630s Swedish authorities imposed a corveé system on Sámi communities near the Nasa silver mine. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Mining at the Nasa silver mine proved unprofitable and ended in 1659 it nevertheless caused many Sámi to move to Torne lappmark in the 1640s and 1650s to avoid forced labour. [ 21 ]
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.
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.
The musical group Duolva Duottar in traditional Sami dress. The man on the left, Fred Buljo, is wearing a luhkka.The woman and the other two men are wearing gákti.. The luhkka (North Sami luhkka) is an article of winter clothing that covers the top half of a person's body.