Erika Larsen: The Reindeer People | Nat Geo Live

Spending years in the field, photographer Erika Larsen has gained unprecedented access into the lives, work, and culture of Scandinavia's fascinating Sami people.
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[@amature12]

Love how she captured our culture in such a nice respectful way. Although, it is soooo much more about our culture that would be nice to be captured like this. :)

[@amature12]

@Makeup Minion what part of the vid is about killing baby animal, so i can understand how u came to that conclusion? (long time since i watched this)

[@amature12]

@Makeup Minion if u are talking about any reindeer calf being slaughtered (or any other baby animal for that matter) then i assure u it has to be a GOOD reason to kill a calf or baby animal of any sort before they actually do it. im not a reindeer herder myself btw. (there are different "groups" of sami, reindeer herder is one of them)

[@AHD2105]

Wow, are the Komi people also related to the Sami?

[@amature12]

@@AHD2105 i dont think so, but considering u got komi people near many places sami people are they might be mixed in some places. Dont know tho.

[@_peepee_]

@@amature12 dont bother with that crazy person they comment on every sámi video

[@dantheman4908]

“I don’t know what else to say so I will go to sleep” that’s so relatable 🤣

[@matthewjay660]

Now THIS is what NatGeo should always be about.

[@vethoom1485]

but what about aliens conspiracys!? jk

[@jianchang4430]

vetho om were the saami people, this is the most patronising program ever

[@Miriam-fk9wr]

Absolutely.

[@DimJongUn]

@@jianchang4430 get over yourself

[@amthegrey6946]

I'm myself is Sami and a lot of this was 80-100% correct.

[@corettaha7855]

mylittleponyutsi I hope your people stay strong and thrive and never let their culture or language be destroyed.

[@kimwarburton8490]

How would i go about finding an english speaking shaman/a? Some questions id love to ask one

[@micchecers]

Nice. Im Sami to on my mothers side. From Sorsele!

[@kimwarburton8490]

@@snobbish2417 the sleeping sickness path ... iv been diagnosed wiv me/cfs. I had a spiritual/personality reintegration. It was visual while meditating stoned to shaman drums. I improve when im strict. I get worse when im my old self. Iv got a block re hypnosis n i really want to heal. This yr was supposed to b my healing year. Iv certainly improved, but not healed. But i couldnt do everything im supposed to 100% I started usin weed as medicine but im now abusing cos its escapeism from isolation. So in some ways im worse than last year. Atm im pretty angry at myself, havent been on my difficult expensive diet most of this year (paleoketo) n post xmas if i dnt quit weed n baccy, i wont b able to avoid financial difficulties, or pay petrol when i get a 'twist n go' bike. Im a bit lost re my direction. Im frankly v timid n cautious. Iv feared spirit world since 4. Became 100% scientific till 12mnths ago, despite 'de ja vu dreams' etc. Theres an online shaman school iv joined, but its not kept my attention (brexit election didnt help) Iv sort of got the sense that iv learnt all that weed has to teach me n its time for shrooms again. I know many think its cheating, but i have strong sense im running out of time. Iv no idea if shrooms will help with me/cfs, tho anecdotal reports of microdosing sound positive n iv experienced mental health healing with them 3yrs ago in amsterdam. Iv been pulled towards the sami, 'vikings,' celts, mongolians, druids, tibetan buddhism and wicca the most. I know i have to heal myself first, i feel rather lost n if correct, i fear id make a bad shaman n frankly i want to b a mother soon (if i can) n iv had enough of being 'weird' n outcast. I dont really have a direct question, cos i lack the knowledge of what to ask for xD Does anything iv said resonate with your experiences? B4 i could walk, i knew i chose to b born to my parents to do something here on earth for the side of good. I had that vision b4 i could talk that iv rehersed every chance since so id know it was true n nvr forget. This illness is my catalyst if i get to the other side. I feel stuck. I dont know if i am, or whats keeping me stuck if so. Is it c-ptsd? Willpower/discipline/motivation or Spirit? Its honestly enough uv wanted to help n replied 😊

[@kimwarburton8490]

@Gold Gold thankyou for ur kind words

[@opheliedebarre3435]

I had the privilege last night of attending a yoik concert in Tromsø, there were Sami people who came all the way from all over Sapmi for the occasion. A very rare and important moment, I'll cherish it forever. You could really feel how important and personal yoik is to the Sami culture. The songs were about the singers' lives and memories, some of them conjured up a lot of deep emotions. What a beautiful and untouched culture.

[@cos2575]

Long life to Saami people. Please preserve your culture and traditions.Theryre worth more then all the money on the earth!

[@mnnative7790]

Meh...... I don't know about ALL the money... But yea

[@edenurban497]

@@mnnative7790 minnesota native?

[@carolduff2009]

My Dad's mother is of Sami heritage. I have personally gone far north with my family in Norway and have seen these beautiful people. I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary!

[@luringen947]

about 12-11,000 years ago, the first people came to Norway and they settled in the far north of Norway. so around 7-6000 years ago the old people came to Norway, and they mixed and they are the ancestors of Norwegians! while the same did not come until about 2,500 years ago! but one can wonder why you choose to lie about this, is it to maintain victim status? pathetic!

[@negotiatingshadows]

I lived with the Sami too and miss them very much but am still in touch with my friends. The need is to preserve the land and culture---Grace Eagle

[@askthemountains1]

We lost a lot of our languages. Some are completely gone. I am happy some schools teach it again. And that more and more young sámis today celebrate our national day, 6th of february! Love from Sápmi ❤☃️❄

[@david82633]

Rip Kemi, akkala, and possibly ter. Máhtátgo davvisamigiella?

[@thegreen.6986]

@@david82633 mun gullen ahte lei okta eara sámegiella, movt lei ge govččoduvvon... Doaivvun ahte lei govččoduvvon Kainuu Sámi, jávkkai Ruoššas eret 1700-1800 áiggis.

[@david82633]

@@thegreen.6986 Jo, Kainuu maid. Gos don leat eret?

[@thegreen.6986]

@@david82633 Mun lean Sámi eatnamiguin eret :)

[@Tinymoezzy]

My husband is half Finnish Saami and half Native American, I love the similarities and I know it sounds crazy, but I love the Saami people's eyes. My husband has blue/grey eyes with the folds and the high brow bone, it is such a unique feature that you see on some of the Saami people. This was a lovely perspective into day to day living of the Saami people as seen through the lens of someone who was there in both participation and as an observer..

[@MrDoggen02]

+Burhan the Somali Ermm, no they don't. The Sami people most likely migrated out of the Volga-ural region in Russia, just like Finns. Their language is Finno-ugric so how could they have come from Asia when Finno-ugric languages are not spoken there? Their ancestors were volga Finns or at least proto Volga Finns who were caucasian/white, whatever. This explains the high frequency of haplogroup N1c. After the last people off the komsa culture died in Scandinavia, the area was quickly colonized by people from the south west. The most accepted theory is that the uralic speakers off Volga migrated to present day Sapmí and mixed with the local population who adopted the uralic language of the newcomers. This explains the Sami genetics which is mainly european but seems to have come from the east and the west.

[@MrDoggen02]

+Tinymoezzy With all due respect, the reason why your husband might have slanted eyes might be because of his native american ancestry. Some Sami have slanted eyes aswell but it's mainly due to the fact that the Sami have lived in the great north for such a long time that their features have become a bit different. Btw, high cheekbones is not an asian element but is a way humans adapt to the cold. The reason why asians have it more often is because it was regarded as attractive among them. Many Europeans also have high cheekbones but not due to asian admixture.

[@veetioldenburg2908]

James Bond dun fuck

[@MrDoggen02]

The Unknown Once again, those are old theories that have been disproven by the modern scientific community.

[@Wolf741000]

@@MrDoggen02 just some alt right kiid trying twist history and science in his own way.

[@djgavel1]

Amazing story, what a gift that Erika Larsen was able to share her access to a world most of us will never experience.

[@EZVideoStore]

3:54 "I do not know what else to say, so I will go to sleep" this is definitely a vibe

[@gracegoodenough5895]

I'm a 70 year old American woman. I learned to read at a very early age. I clearly remember reading an adult book called "The Laplanders" I have never forgotten that book.

[@daginn896]

Such a great culture, proud to share my country with the Sami.

[@luringen947]

The Sami came to Norway several thousand years after us!

[@daginn896]

@@luringen947 You seem rather misinfomed. Norway as a construct is a fairly new one, that is to say, when the Sami people settled in what is todays Northern Norway, Norway did not exist. Nor did any ancestors of modern day Norwegians live there. Later on, during the consolidation of Norway (starting in the Viking age), Sapmi was included into Norway through Norwegian colonisation.

[@luringen947]

@@daginn896 feil

[@luringen947]

@@daginn896 norge var ikke ett samlet rike da og det hadde ikke noe navn. Men når historiker snakker om hvem som kom til norge først så mener dei det som i dag er norge!

[@luringen947]

@@daginn896 får rundt 12-11000 år siden kom det første folket til norge og dei slo seg ned helt nord i norge. så for rund 7-6000 år siden kom det amdre folket til norge, og deisse blandet seg og det er forfedrene til nordmenn! mens sammene kom ikke før ca 2500 år siden!

[@zenmeadow]

I busted out laughing at the part where one of the first thing they did was check to see if you were useful. I observed the very same tactic when I went to visit the Dine' out in Arizona. This is important to indigenous peoples way of doing things; everyone works together for the good of the whole.

[@b3i2a1]

It's not only to check if someone is useful, but to also see how this person takes direction. Is this person going to be open to direction and fully listen? Glad you had a good experience in our Nation

[@aaronjohnson9755]

Erika obviously missed being with them, I wonder how she was able to come back to the states and remain here. One of the reasons I haven't traveled back to my ancestral home is that I fear I'll never come back.

[@gsenrum6413]

Erika looks part Sami? Do Russians share some Sami genes too?

[@CStrailer]

Samis exist in Scandinavia, but in Finland and Russia too :)

[@eliseangell7763]

The reason I'm scared of traveling there is because I'm afraid I won't be accepted for having grown up in a completely different culture in America because I was adopted, than the Sami culture I should have grown up in

[@OriginalPuro]

Don't fear who you are.

[@EvilKris]

That little bubba at 3:12 is extremely cute! Chewing away, hehe

[@w4wxp]

I'm an American of Saami Descent. This video is really exciting and bittersweet for me to watch.

[@markerdman4632]

w4wxp Hi!!

[@OriginalPuro]

IF you are then you should be where you are needed, not in that shithole over there. Kom hjem.

[@zeasaeira3452]

Na juo don dat gal leat sapmelaš

[@briancooley8777]

Til Norge!

[@juliaj7939]

@@OriginalPuro If you hate America so much then stop using KZbin since it's an American platform.

[@patricknaera]

So beautiful, people in tune with nature.

[@lucascoval828]

Settle down.

[@kathrynbjorling]

Through my dad I have Sami roots. I wish I knew more about it and would love to see more documentaries be made. Feeling connected to our heritage helps us feel grounded as individuals.

[@katalingerstenberger5866]

One of the reasons I don’t like globalism, is, fear of losing all these unique, special, rich cultures, peoples, languages...😑 The world would be bland, boring, etc., if we lost the differences that make it so interesting!🥰

[@topsmug3409]

Pershing a world where people are connected by trade and communication does not mean we have to force these people out.

[@Griffindeleon004]

Actually it is happening, with the industrial life that's growing, these nomadic folks are being threatened

[@amandaforrester7636]

Unfortunately, that is exactly where we are headed. :( We are losing so many precious tribal traditions all over the world.

[@drainmonkeys385]

Yes,,, well globalism how the 1% of the 1% rule over the worlds resources ...

[@topsmug3409]

@GermaniaASMR easier access to commodities and trade does not mean the wholesale extinctions of ethnic traditions. seeking out deeper connections across the globe does not either. That is all that globalism is... world trade across tariff lines.

[@ChelseaH1]

The Sami are beautiful.

[@thetonycam3944]

Here after watching KLAUS on Netflix and I'm not ashamed!

[@RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS]

In Mexico the blood pancakes are called mondogo. My step father loved it. My grandmother was Sami.

[@aahpuuh]

thank you for telling us!

[@Wood111112]

9:32 That is the most beautiful photograph I have ever seen, it says so many things.

[@adelarsen9776]

You will never find a better conservationist than a Farmer, Fisherman, Forester, Whaler, Sealer or Sami. Dried reindeer heart is one of my favourite snacks.

[@jacobpietras9108]

That is the most metal thing I've heared.

[@adelarsen9776]

Jacob Pietras Thank you. Years of conservation have given me some good insights.

[@Kenshiroit]

like to try it.

[@aprilparker1824]

I found out last month that among my ancestors, the Sami are in my family lineage which I think is so intriguing.

[@saichung1543]

Did you get the itch to go out and lasoo a reindeer when you found out?

[@kimwarburton8490]

Same here this week! :o my line was scandinavian untill 190yrs ago cos ashkenzi jew introduced at time when samis were forced out into polish/russian jewish 'territory'

[@darrellking4292]

What an awesome adventure! You have truly lived!

[@mumicimo]

Wonderful photography and respectful story of time spent among Saami people.

[@capri300]

thank you for this wonderful trip into the Sami land. I have never heard of them before and I'm glad to have discovered their culture and perspective on life. I'm keen to learn more!

[@OriginalPuro]

"The land is like a magnet", yeah, that's Norway.

[@jaanaviit3847]

Yes but also the northern parts of Finland and Sweden feel the same....

[@bojohnson5675]

My wish one say is to visit Norway and eventually live there. Half of my ancestry is from Norwegian and Sami. Have always felt a pull towards there. Lovely place.

[@CStrailer]

As long as you arent a city boy. That part of Northern Norway is all about nature ill tell you that much. They love snowmobiles in the mountains (sometimes doing sleepovers in lavvos in the mountains), icefishing in winter, fishing in rivers and waters in the summer, go on trips, eat alot of reindeermeat (especially dried because its like, the best thing ever) and also drinking like russian people.

[@kimwarburton8490]

Same here i feel a v strong pull n its gotten stronger this year xD

[@charlottebankston4408]

What a beautiful story, and beautiful people!

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

Fenno-Ugric languages are amazing :D

[@eqh1593]

Sami language does NOT derive from Fenno-Ugric languages.. that´s total bs

[@sectorgovernor]

@@eqh1593 It is Finno-Ugric

[@gx8con17]

@@eqh1593 sami language split from finno-ugric languages not that long ago so its basicly the same and they all comes from uralic languages from siberia anyway.

[@cwilli4072]

Ms.Larson, I dont know if you see this. But thankyou. Its the things like this kids need to see. Most people today think you just buy a pack from.walmart. I enjoyed the learning aspect. These folks might be without a culture in a.few years. Again thanks

[@jrsgarage7623]

How amazing to see my ansesters lived . Mine were the forest Sami or forest Finn's. I'd love to live as they did and learn everything I am missing from my life.

[@ezekielcamacho1483]

This is interesting! Thank you for sharing your experience with us!

[@MyLapuLapu]

that was a beautiful and inspiring presentation. Thank you.

[@ainalene9238]

As an North and a south sapmelaš/åarjel saepmie niejte it reallŧ šarmed mŧ heart hearing her saŧ that she learned one of ours languages really taking her job seoriosly. Wow

[@jj2220]

Blood pancakes are so freaking delicious, almost even better than egular pancakes, I always long to be invited to my grandparents for some blood pancakes. Blood-food is really tasty let me tell you. I'm not a sami but we eat this in North of Sweden a lot, we kinda grow up eating it in school.

[@vectraB97]

With sugar am I right. My parents and grandparents used to make it. It's something I forget to buy these days.

[@vaimmu]

A realistic view of the Sámi reindeer herders.

[@1943Grandpa]

Thank you, Erika. Thank you, dearly.

[@jaxamilius5237]

thank you for showing us these!

[@bermettalasbek]

Erika, this is a beautifully community. Thank you for great storytelling!

[@steinwaygoat]

Thank you so much.

[@MCiliberti1]

My family are Saami reindeer people. Very respectfully presented.

[@davidturner4610]

I’m Saami as well!

[@erikas.1303]

This presentation is amazing. Thank you. I'd love to experience staying in Lapland.

[@daniel.santos]

It's so interesting how close Sami culture is to Alaska native culture. Even down to the boarding schools effectively wiping out languages and cultures.

[@PG-3462]

Inuit and Sami people are not related to each other in any way, and their culture isn't the same. There are some similarities because of the cold climate they live in, but other than that it's very different

[@Rule-zc3md]

@@PG-3462 yes they are related lol. it isnt the same culture but they are very similar. Alot of sami, me included even shares DNA with inuits aswell, so there is a connection.

[@PG-3462]

@@Rule-zc3md ??? Inuits are related to people who lived in the North-Eastern parts of what is now Siberia, more specifically from regions like Yakutia and Kamtchatka. There have never been Inuits or anyone related to them more in the west. The Samis are Europeans who lived in the North since thousands of years. Their culture might share some aspects with the Inuits, as they both lived in the same extreme Arctic environment, but the similarities end there. Go look on a map the traditional area where Sami people lived. It is not anywhere near the place of origin of the Inuits nor of any other group of people originating from North-Eastern Asia. Even their language isn't related in any way to the Inuit language.

[@Rule-zc3md]

@@PG-3462 you know... the inuits migrated from somewhere before they became inuits right, my point was that they might have encountered eachother before the migration considering the common heritage. and to the language thing, there is alot of places that share culture but not language, for example Finland and Scandinavia. and the ''Go look on a map the traditional area where Sami people lived.'' i am a sami, i know where we live lol

[@PG-3462]

@@Rule-zc3md Simply by looking at a map a researching a little about the language spoken by the Sami people, you can learn that what you're saying is pure nonsense. Who are for example the indigenous people who lived in the region right next to Laponia? The Komis, and just like the Sami people, they speak a Finno-Ugric language. If the indigenous people who lived further in the east than the Sami are not related to the Inuits, how could the Sami be related to the Inuits? The Inuits were originally people who lived in North-East Siberia. I litterally said this in my other comment. They started migrating to what is now Alaska around 6000 years ago, but they aren't in any way related to the Sami people. My grandmother is Inuit (I live in Québec, Canada) and when I look at a picture of Sami people, you guys look nothing like Inuits. If you told me you were from Yakutia or from Kamtchatka, then I would agree, but from Northern Finland? There is no way you can be related.

[@skogkatt8209]

I just loved this so, so much... You're my new inspiration.

[@traceywells8742]

Beautifully done.

[@amanresom1034]

I live in Norway and I love you too much Sami people and all Norwdgians God bless you more and more

[@kiwicraigtravel]

Beautiful people and beautiful person. So humble and careful in her presentation. It's an amazing and precious story.

[@user-kz5cw2gj3w]

She speaks better English than a lot of native speakers I know!

[@vikingempire3561]

My people! My family still do this.

[@douglaskampfer2028]

I am very proud of you for living with the indigenous people, learning their culture and ways of life, these are things you will never forget, and it will help you in your life.

[@woolfulrebellion]

My great grandmother always said I was a laplander/sami descendant, I grew up in Upper Michigan/Wisconsin. I am very sad that no culture or stories about my culture were saved for me and my children, could someone please help me with this.

[@CaseyWiggin]

Such an informative documentary

[@TheFatCottonwood]

Great lecture!

[@breannaisaacson2041]

My family is from Kimi, Finland on the border of Finland and Sweden. One of these days I’m going to move there.

[@rachelhimes7715]

10:21 Elsa is real

[@COSMOS-ci6fz]

And jack of the warden XD

[@mawmawvee]

What a lovely video. Thank you Erika.

[@timk8189]

Very cool culture, which has to be saved! I as a german want to meet them one time!

[@82Renating]

Don't save. Just don't get in the way. Germans are now imposing windturbine industry to areas of Sami herds. Do what you can to voice the injustice. Don't disturb them.

[@realcanadiangirl64]

So interesting! Do you have any other presentations Erica?

[@tristanbaverstock5803]

I hope to go someday. What a beautiful culture and history.

[@emanuelgronbergtyni4307]

The history of us sami is pretty f:ed upp but the rest is right

[@sussybaka5322]

What a wonderful experience.

[@sassytbc7923]

what a wonderfully interesting and respectful speech

[@ShundraChamberliss1]

My dna results show a high concentration in the Saami people of northern Scandinavia. What a beautiful culture of people.

[@MycketTuff]

Awesome! Any idea how far back?

[@ShundraChamberliss1]

It says 10,000 years

[@veetioldenburg2908]

Shundra Chamberliss fuck off 10000 years

[@ShundraChamberliss1]

Veeti Oldenburg Thank you, shalom

[@dettol7245]

Shundra Chamberliss shalom? wtf

[@MontoyaBrandy]

I’m American through and through but my blood line is 1/2 Scandinavian. This is pretty cool to see!

[@ashleigh5016]

she is amazing she inspired me

[@CS-yn2wg]

It’s always awesome to see how cultures world wide overlap.

[@davidturner4610]

My DNA test revealed I am Saami from the Seiland Island region. I am also found to be from northern Sweden. I live in Australia. I’m stunned but I’m glad to be from and in this culture. I adore the Saami, I never thought in a million years I am one. Love to all !

[@koedypaslay4733]

Very proud to be Saami, one of the people

[@seppa6417]

I was struck by your use of the Sami word, biga. I don't know if I accurately spelled it, so please bear with me. My immigrant Finnish -American grandmother was a piika, which means maid or servant in the Finnish language. The two words sound so similar. She eventually moved up to a piika päivä, a day maid that could go home every evening. Funny how one word could bring back such memories.

[@joannavandenbring1725]

+Seppa "pige" means "girl" in Danish, "piga" means "maid" in Swedish.

[@Kenshiroit]

pige= girl, kvinde = woman. But what does it it means in Finnish?

[@KimmoHintikka]

EUSSR olygarchic Kommissar piika = female servant in Finnish, male servant would be = renki

[@CStrailer]

"pike" in Norwegian can mean both "maid" or "girl" :)

[@giuseppemannino2349]

awsome experience love to do this

[@crystaladdy2155]

Nice presentation thank you

[@bufunga]

Awesome story

[@bwest1869]

Wow this was great...

[@janetlynch5804]

Loved this! As an American from the Southern US...I always wondered where my looks came from...was it Native American? And in my 23 and me Ancestry...I found that I am mostly British, with some French and German and very Northern European with some Sami roots. Now, I know why many in our family were called offensive names like "Coolies," because we looked so Northern Asian. Some people thought my brother was "that foreign boy." I am today very proud of my heritage. In my heart and soul, I knew I must have come from Scandinavia, because I used to vividly dream about places there. I still do sometimes, especially places like Northern Sweden, and some parts of Norway, when I didn't know they existed between the Fjords. Yet, I saw those places in my dreams...and missed them. Lovely, and heart warming people and places. And yes, the Land is like a magnet...my soul has cried out for it, and missed it. Thank you, Erika Larsen

[@fuckednegativemind]

Beautiful! The first journal entry transcend me, it's piercing, fascinating, you can feel it in the guts...

[@haleybunker1339]

Wow, what a cute darling lovely beautiful gorgeous dog!🥰🐕🥰

[@olekluften9776]

Thank's your beautiful soul. Great view of finnmark.

[@ChowMeinLover805]

Thanks!

[@drainmonkeys385]

I am of Sami heritage... though I have never been there... my great grandmother was Sami

[@haleybunker1339]

Wow, they are all beautiful gorgeous animals.

[@jntaylor8181]

Thank you to Frozen 2 for opening up the door to learn about this culture!

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Cringe

[@PureVikingPowers]

Fun fact: Indigenous peoples does not mean (as i first thought) that one people lived there before others came. Take Sweden were Germanic peoples ancestors came to Sweden around 15 000 years ago and the Sami peoples came around 2500 years ago but the Sami peoples are still the indigenous peoples of Sweden. How? That depends on whom you ask because indigenous peoples means different things to different countries and different organisations. I just wanted to share this for those who like me thought that indigenous peoples was the first peoples in one place.

[@gx8con17]

more than 3500 years ago actually. at least 4000

[@joannechisholm4501]

My ancestors came to Europe 35,000 years ago they were the Western Hunter Gathers the first in the Continent.

[@lssnow8195]

But they did live there?? Scandinavia / Finland was inhabited after the ice age. Waves of people moving north from Iran mixing with them eventually lead to germanic people and people from Urals moving to eventually lapland lead to Finns / Sami. The original inhabitants mixed and took on the culture from the immigrants. You need to understand that the people living in scandinavia / finland was in the thousands, couple thousand people moving in will can and will shift the culture and language of the place.

[@lssnow8195]

@þrúðr J Well they need protection because they are endangered minority group not because they are minority group. Which is pretty hard to do because its hard to convince 2020 teenagers that they should live their lives in the north and continue herding reindeers in solitude than move into large cities and live a modern life.

[@TheRantsu]

”Germanic peoples ancestors” 15000 years ago? You’re misunderstanding genetic ancestry and language. For example indo-europeans migration to Europe started 10 000 years later than your ”germanic peoples” ancestors.

[@josephseery3525]

i am inari saami..tribal name is miki wianoapaa. I think the apaa is unique to the sami.

[@VicariousReality7]

You live on the top of finland? wow I live above the sea

[@rolfolsen3236]

Na dasto, Jovsset, dovddatgo don mu lagaš fulkkiid Anáris, namalassii Biehtára ja Ilbmara geaid sohkanamma lea Laiti? Muhto manne dasto ldus ea dakkár sohkanamma go Seery? Nu jearan mun gean eadni lei Ilbmara ja Biethára oarmealli, nugo mii dadjat Kárášjogas. Drv Rolf Olsen

[@kenhill3618]

I had no idea of how these beautiful hardy people were so badly discriminated against. Watching all I can of this dying way of life but I am sure Sami culture will live on.

[@emilysbunny5659]

The norwigian goverment have treated the sapmis well the last 50 years. It is very much alive!

[@hotandsoursoup2664]

First time I’ve heard about the Sami through readers digest. And when I saw Eloi, I thought she was the most innocent, beautiful person I have ever seen her eyes and Nosvader’s eyes had pure, innocence in them.

[@zeros_knives_and_bushcraft.]

Beautiful!

[@hurguler]

I was hoping to see more pics.

[@abirdonacreek8705]

They're gorgeous ❤️ the culture is beautiful as well

[@bennettpeterson5992]

Excellent

[@tiad.9536]

My Dad's side of the family refused to acknowledge or talk about their Sami and Native American ancestry. It was a shame for them in the family for some reason. It was my mother researching and educating me with what she could find which is why I know what I know about my Sami ancestors. When I got my DNA tests, and it was 40% Sami, my dad told me 'that's junk science' and refused to acknowledge it despite being confronted with the truth.

[@atoxicmelody3289]

Tia D. Your story kind of reminds me of how my grandpa stripped our Finnish Sami culture from the family when raising his kids, however it wasn’t because of hate or ignorance. It was out of fear of discrimination that the new generations would be bullied for being immigrants that he didn’t teach his kids the culture and language he knew and grew up with.

[@ILoveGrilledCheese]

@@atoxicmelody3289 My family did the same, they considered our Sami heritage to be distasteful and would diminish any respect. I had to learn about it on my own.

[@atu6214]

Native american and Sami? Weird mixture.

[@atu6214]

God of the Sky knows if you are true children of the sun.

[@miss-ck3xf]

Wow!

[@individualthought3844]

What a lovely hearted person

[@hewhoisnamed9050]

Beautiful speech. Doing a paper on the Saami for my Environmental Justice class, might reference some of your experiences to showcase the deep bond between the Saami and reindeer.

[@loafy-zip]

Amazing

[@supermanga92]

Never forget who you are.

[@lenn9o9n]

+Burhan the Somali Someone caught up in new bullshit.

[@kickativetruth3419]

+Burhan the Somali the weak

[@snowfrosty1]

DAS RAYCISSS!!!!!..........

[@MsTomas086]

Europeans tried that with enslaved Africans and forcing them to breed with them.

[@OriginalPuro]

We must not forget who we are or where we come from. -The Last Samurai quote by the Emperor guy dude.

[@307bcrob]

Looks like Wyoming. I grew up on a farm here and didn’t realize how different I was until I moved away. I can’t even tell stories about my childhood without people looking at me weird. Now this place is getting gentrified by wealthy thrill seekers.

[@kopxpert]

U can only truly understand a culture if u live it.

[@snusmumriken6091]

kopxpert no