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Traditional Sámi spiritual practices and beliefs are based on a type of animism, polytheism, and what anthropologists may consider shamanism. The religious traditions can vary considerably from region to region within Sápmi .
William Morris, Des Moines Register May 16, 2024 at 7:04 AM Polk County Court has rejected a lawsuit accusing a religious counselor of inappropriately sexually propositioning a female client.
"Community Chapel (faltering on religious fringe)" Valley Daily News, May 8, 1988. "Chapel service reveals strengths, weaknesses of troubled church" Valley Daily News, May 8, 1988 "Disconnecting from a Church – Battered Christians search for life after Barnett". Valley Daily News, May 9, 1988.
In the Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway, the Sami religion was banned on pain of death as witchcraft. During the 17th-century, the persecution of the followers of Sami religion were more intensely persecuted than before by Christian missionaries, and several Sami were persecuted for sorcery because they practiced the Sami religion. [2]
Leaders from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday at its new location at 2130 Grand Ave. in Des Moines.
The Jordan House, built in 1850 and the oldest building in West Des Moines, now serves as both a museum showcasing West Des Moines' history and the office of the West Des Moines Historical Society.
Divtasvuodna (Tysfjord) is a center for the Lule-Sámi population. The Árran Lule-Sámi center is located here. Gáivuotna Municipality (Kåfjord, Troms) is an important center for the Sea-Sámi culture. Each summer the Riddu Riđđu festival is held in Gáivuotna. The municipality has a Sámi-language center and hosts the Ája Sámi Center ...
The festival is run by the organization Isogaisa with Ronald Kvernmo as its director. Kvernmo is a member of the Sami community and is an author, cultural worker and shamanic practitioner who both studied Sami religion academically at University of Tromsø and attended the Saivo Sjamanskole [1] run by author and shaman Ailo Gaup.