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From 1913 to 1920, the Swedish race-segregation political movement created a race-based biological institute that collected research material from living people and graves. Throughout history, Swedish settlers were encouraged to move to the northern regions through incentives such as land and water rights, tax allowances, and military exemptions.
From 1974 to 1978, Marakatt-Labba studied at the Art Industrial School (Swedish: Konstindustriskolan) in Gothenburg, Sweden from which she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Textile Art. From 1999 to 2002, she studied at the Sámi University of Applied Sciences in Kautokeino , Norway.
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]
Asa Kitok, born Asa Persdotter Vitsak, (1894–1986) was a Swedish Sami artisan who reintroduced the art of working with birch roots. She had learnt birch-root weaving as a child at a time when it was close to disappearing. [1] Her achievements have led to the Asa Kitok Scholarship which is awarded annually to Sami artisans working in Sweden. [2]
Börje Karl Anders Sunna (born 11 April 1985) is a Swedish Sámi artist known for incorporating a strong political point of view into his artwork. Sunna was born in the Jukkasjärvi parish of Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden.
Astrid Båhl (born 1959), Norwegian Sámi artist, designed the Sami flag; Samuel Balto (1861–1921), Norwegian Sámi director; Katarina Barruk (born 1994), Swedish Sámi singer who performs in the Ume Sami language; Ellen-Sylvia Blind (1925–2009), Swedish Sámi writer; Mari Boine (born 1956), musician, Norwegian Sámi
Per Isak Juuso grew up in Mertajärvi, south of Karesuando. [2] His parents were active reindeer herders and he learned to be an artisan from them. [3] He trained to become a silversmith, [3] then furthered his education in metal and design, the latter for the textile artist Wanja Djanaieff. [4]
Lars Pirak and his work. Lars Pirak (27 July 1932 – 2 October 2008) [1] [2] was a Lule and North Sámi artist, yoiker and duodji master from Jokkmokk, Sweden.The Faculty of Arts at the University of Umeå conferred an honorary Doctorate on Pirak in 2003 in recognition of his contribution to the Sámi culture.