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Teachers followed Sámi reindeer herders to provide education for the children, but Sámi areas were increasingly exploited by the then new mines in Kiruna and Gällivare and the construction of the Luleå-Narvik railway. Later, with the founding of the Swedish Race Biology Institute, Sámi graves were plundered to provide research material ...
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.
Anders Fjellner in traditional Sámi gákti in 1871. Photo by Lotten von Düben.. Throughout his life, as he moved around northern Sweden, Fjellner collected and preserved Sámi folktales, joik, and traditions, which became the root of much of his poetry, including the epics "Päiven Pārne'" (Sons of the Sun) and "Piššan Paššan Pardne" (Son of Pišša and Pašša) and two shorter poems ...
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.
Margareta (c.1369–c.1425), Swedish Sami missionary; Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter (1835–1873), Swedish Sami founder of Sami schools; Randi Marainen (born 1953), Norwegian-born Swedish Sami silversmith; Britta Marakatt-Labba (born 1951), Swedish Sami textile artist; Maxida Märak (born 1988), Swedish-Sami yoik singer, actress and activist
The family of an Israeli hostage freed over the weekend have made a plea for information over the fate of his wife and children. Yarden Bibas, 34, was released on Saturday along with two other ...
Maxida Märak (born 1988), Swedish Sámi yoik singer, musician, actress and rights activist; Espen Minde (born 1983), Norwegian footballer [citation needed] Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter (1835–1873), Swedish Sámi founder of Sami schools; Matti Morottaja (born 1942), Finnish Sámi politician and writer; Silje Karine Muotka (born 1975 ...
The new photos come just over a week after exiting her teenage years. The daughter of Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen celebrated her 20th birthday on March 9 with an oceanside picnic, where she ...