Thanks so much for watching! I'm always eager to learn more, so feel free to share your thoughtsin the comments. Here are some specific questions I’m curious about: 1. Is reindeer herding still very widespread in northern Scandinavia? 2. Are the Sámi people integrated fully with the main population, or do they keep distinct communities? 3. Do we know much about Sámi history? 4. Where can I go to see historical or cultural photos of the Sámi? 5. How would you rate the Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian translations of the description and subtitles? Your thoughts mean a lot to me, and I appreciate everyone who takes the time to share! Plus, I love connecting with all of you from halfway across the world! If you enjoyed this video, be sure to check out my previous reaction on the Animated History of Finland! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XqTg7PNUYlg.html
I'm Norwegian, but not Sami. What we have always been told is that the Sami people inhabited Norway from North while the usual European or Norwegian come from South some thousands of years ago. It's a peninsula, so that's easily done. Norway for a long time didn't extend as far north as it does now, but then some King came along and wanted that territory as well.
The dispute that still exist in Finland (still part of Sweden in the 1700's) is the right to the land. Back in the 1750's a land reform started in Finland dividing villages and their commonly owned land to individual farms. While doing this, land that was so far from any farm that no village could claim ownership to it was declared land of the Swedish crown. In southern Finland only a few large forested areas became land that is now owned by the state of Finland. But in Lapland with reindeer herders rather than farmers and farms, most of the land went to the state. So in theory Lapland was treated exactly as the rest of Finland, but the result was completely different. Therefore most of the land in Southern Finland is private property, in Lapland state property.
bures, mun lean dávvisápmalaš ja mun oron norga eret (hello, I am northern sámi and I am from norway) I can answer a few of the questions: reindeer herding depends alot on where in northen europe you are, like where I am from in northern norway (the county of finnmark) nearly everybody knows somebody who dose reindeerherding and its common to see reindeer when driving. but if you just go down to for eksample trøndelag its not common at all, yes you can see a few but not many. reindeer is a big part of sámi culture but there are a some gruopes of sámi like for eksample the one im from which is mearrasápmi(sea sámi) who did fishing and farming. a few other gruopes of people that live up in sápmi are the kven and the germanic people. most sámi (in norway) go to normal schools but have a few other classes than people who are not sámi, we can also choose if we want to have sámi classes or not but many want to have it its not a mistory about the sámi history but a lot of it was lost during the assimilation politics for more pictures just search for sámi people on google and you will get much more, but for history and information its quite hard to find tbh. if you got more questions just ask:) and if you want you can add me on instagram @HUSBYSONDRE whit the same profile picture as the one on YT
Nice to "meet" you, and thanks for sharing! I'll have to check out some of those other Sápmi groups too. Wow, it looks like Finnmark is about as far north as you can get!! Have you always lived there? Were the mearrasápmi also fairly nomadic, or did they stay in places for a longer period of time? That's neat that the Sámi are given an option to help continue their unique culture. I'll definitely check out more photos! I remember doing a report on Lappland in grade school, and haven't forgotten the reindeer and colorful dress of the people! I don't have Instagram, but feel free to get in touch here or through the email address listed on my channel! Thanks so much for watching and sharing your answers to my questions! Cheers from the USA!
@@michael.adamykim going to school in trøndelag but my home will always be up in finnmark, lived there til I was 15,5 years old when I moved south to go to vidregående(highschool)to studie to become a fishing guide (only one highschool in norway has this studie) but I will move back home after im done down here. no the mearrasápmi where mostly farmers, fishermen and hunters and lived in settlements down by the coast and on the islands. we never where and are not nomadic or semi nomadic. for eksapmle my familie has always lived on sállan (sørøya in norwegian) and I my plan is to keep living there after im done studying:) can send picture of the gákti from my area, its realy rare only 40 people have it
The Sami in Sweden have a lot of problem political about where the rein herds can live and the destroid forests that make the food for the herds dissipear, because the reins go free in the landscape, but once a year they move the herds to different arias. One very nice and different thing with Sami is the way they "sing" it calls joik and it's just voice without words, you must listen to "Jon Henrik" he is Sami and have a rein herd in Sweden, but he was adopted from Columbia when he was just 3 months old, he was bollied so so much in the school up to he was about 16 years old. He has become famious because of his "Joik" songs. I am sorry about my bad english but i hope you can understand. The Sami has a very special "Hantverk" (swedish word). I think you can find it on internet. Thank you so much to show this about the Sami. I am from Stockholm and are not a Sami. ❤
@agnetajohansson9269, thank you so much for watching and commenting! Jon Henrik Fjällgren is his name, yes? I will definitely look him up, I especially love listening to new music! I will look for Sámi crafts and handmade items, that sounds delightful! Your English is very good, I understood everything! Besides, I cannot speak any language other than English, so I'm always impressed with anyone who learns multiple! Thanks again for watching and sharing; have a fantastic day!
I'm Finn and I don't know much of their history or culture. But all Sami people that I have met, can speak Finnish as well and they are part of our land and culture. I personally don't see a big difference in them compared to other Finns. All I know is that they also have their own language that they speak to each other that I don't understand much. In addition, they also have their own rituals and culture apart from the rest of the country. And that they mostly live in Finnish Lapland and nature is important to them. They take care of reindeer a lot there. Otherwise, they live as part of society, like other Finns.
Did you know that there is also people group called Findians? They live in USA and they are 50% Finn's and 50% indians. There is videos on RU-vid by that. I see a lot of similarities between the Sami and the Indians in terms of culture. And it is said that there is some similarity among other Finns as well, because nature plays an important role in life for us too.
That's really neat to learn! I'll have to dig more into that. As he was describing the reindeer herding and spiritual connection with nature that the Sámi have, I was definitely reminded of American Indians.
Here is at ted-talk form Mari Boine,hwho is at Norwegian sami artist. She talks about her upbringing as a Sami, and how they are now working to take back their old traditions. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eDYZRGWMacM.html
Great, thanks for that! I may not be able to react to it based on copyright restrictions, but I'll definitely check it out either way! I love music as well, so I'm looking forward to it.
My grandmother used to tell us kids that we shouldn't whistle, because then we would call on Stallo (a sami kind of troll or demon). We also shouldn't wave at the northern lights, becaous we might get captured by the "gufihtar". She was part of a brqanch of christianity called Laestadianism, which is a pietistic group with deep roost in the sami population. There is also the belief that there are some sami people that can cast "gand", a sort of curse, on people they disagree with, which may fore the person whichupon the gand is cast to suffer some sort of consequence until the wrongdoing is righted (like if he stole something, he'd have to return the stolen goods). There is also some people among the population who is said to have the ability to "stop blood", to do healing while not being in the vicinity of the one who is in need of healing. Often some relative would call the person who can stop blood todo something, and then that person would "read" over the person needing healing by invoking the name of Christ.
I haven't heard of Laestadianism before, but I would guess it influenced my grandparents somewhat. Thanks for sharing those specific memories from your grandmother!
I was also told not to whistle for similar reasons but from Lebanese culture. On a DNA test I was possibly linked to Sami haplogroup on the maternal side.
Hi there! Can't help you with info on the Sami people, don't know too much about them. What I can add is that Finland is not a part of Scandinavia, so Nordic would be more correct. (Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden and Denmark.) The title is 95% correct, but it should be Amerikan not Amerkanska (that would be if the person is female). This is for the Swedish text. Subtitles I had turned off, but they seemed good. I prefer it when the titles are in English when the spoken language is English, maybe others feel differently. Since everyone here speaks English it seems like extra "work" that you don't have to put in. 😊
