Who are the Sámi?

Howdy Madlads! Today, I talk about an ethnic group in northern Scandinavia that is not usually discussed: the Sámi. Being the native inhabitants of their lands, they are small in number these days, but their history and culture is overlooked too often, and their practices and language should receive some time in the spotlight!
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www.britannica.com/topic/Sami
www.laits.utexas.edu/sami/die...
www.lysator.liu.se/nordic/scn/...
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[@backyardbiologist6468]

I'm Sámi, and I'm happy to see a video talking about us.

[@kellyj.azania4371]

I saw the film trailer for "Sami Blood" and am intrigued. The world truly is quite vast.

[@hunsuconab9538]

If you are interested in the culture of Sami people, I strongly recommend you to watch this video though... :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqq1kqFtpLqIh5I

[@jessehaetta7538]

Hahhaa same man

[@ffletch5277]

My DNA testing said I am too, on mother’s side. Although we’ve been in USA at least since 1700.

[@nonamehere1852]

Is it accurately done

[@lilpipskweek6448]

My ancestors were Saami from Lofoten Norway. Lack of records make it difficult to trace relatives even though it was as recent as early 1900’s

[@PeterTheFrog]

Finnmark fishing Saami here! 👊

[@monaviking]

Its not lack of records! We have plenty of records! Your records is in Finland!

[@rimoe25]

Hmph, Norway is trying their best to erase sami culture…it’s shameful.

[@jubmelahtes]

​@monaviking why would Norwegian sámi records be in Finland?

[@vibratingairenjoyer9443]

i'm from lofoten and there is so much sámi history there, but lofoten is also one of the places that felt the results of assimilation really hard, nowadays you'll have a really hard time finding anyone willing to talk, mention or be interested in opening up about the history as the denial of sámis existing there is a very common thought amongst this region

[@irishelk3]

Hi, i am from Ireland. I find this very interesting. I don't know how people can live in such a cold and harsh place, although it is very beautiful, and you can see the most amazing skies and the northern lights -- it would make Ireland seem very warm by comparison!. I hope these people keep their ancient language and traditions alive.

[@Real_gandalf]

Im from Sweden (not a sami) its not too bad here compared to Norway and Finland it Was way worse back in the 700s though

[@Galdring]

@@Real_gandalf I believe Scandinavia was actually warmer in the Viking-era.

[@StickyKeys187]

The sami used to live in the south before being pushed farther north by the Germanic expansion of the Vikings and varangians.

[@Galdring]

@@StickyKeys187 Yeah, that the Sami are indigenous to Scandinavia is a very persistent myth.

[@veronicajensen7690]

@@Galdring because people think the word Indigenous means Native , the Scandinavians are the Natives, Indigenous is given to Nomadic people to protect their culture and language and that is great, problem is people don't understand the term

[@darissg]

There are 3 things here that deserve more recognition: 1. The Sámi culture 2. This video 3. Your channel Seriously. This video is short, yet incredibly informative.

[@Galdring]

"Seriously. This video is short, yet incredibly informative." Not to mention that is is completely wrong.

[@Galdring]

​​@@daisybread367​The Sami culture developed 2500 years ago and derives from a few Asian men who came in from the east. Scandinavians are genetically (autosomally) 50% hunter gatherers. Scandinavian Hunter Gatherers developed from Eastern and Western hunter gatherers in Scandinavia 10 to 12 k years ago. This is when the combination of blue eyes and blond hair first appeared in humanity. Contact between indigenous Scandinavians and Sami did not start 1k years ago. It started when the Sami first entered Scandinavia, since the areas they settled were already inhabited (and had been for 8-10 k years). We know this for many reasons, but the only necessary proof is that the Sami are almost 100% indigenous Scandinavian now, since the original Sami blood has been so diluted by interbreeding as to barely exist. The Sami are not particularly respectful to nature. They are infamous for ruining vegetation with snowmobiles (they use just as much modern tech as other Scandinavians), and frequently are in conflict with animal rights organisations for slaughtering animals by slitting their throats and bleeding them. Talking about how Christianity was forced upon the Sami is musleading since it was forced on everyone in Europe. The Germanic peoples were converted through bestial means, as we're the celts. That was an important reason why the Norse started attacking monasteries. So the Sami aren't indigenous any more than Whites are indigenous to America, and they've been exposed to no more assimilation than any other European nation that practices Christianity, a Middle Eastern religion. In fact, less so; they retain some shamanistic traditions. The Sami aren't victims. They are immigrants from a long time ago who are granted privileges by the local, indigenous people. All historical fact, available to anyone who wants to look it up.

[@Galdring]

@@daisybread367Eeeeh... Right. You feel it in your bones? I'll make sure to notify the scientists that they're wrong; Daisy Bread said so on the internet.

[@Galdring]

@@daisybread367 I'm definitely correct. When the ancestors of the Sami arrived (before the Sami culture and language developed) is not well understood, but 4000 years ago is not long ago by these standards. Scandinavian Hunter Gatherers, and modern Norwegians hold 50% hunter gatherer DNA, arrived 10-12 thousand years ago. The Sami are immigrants, and relatively recent ones at that. That is a fact, not a political statement. Calling Sami indigenous would be like calling Europeans indigenous to America 2k years from now.

[@Galdring]

@@daisybread367 You are a child, and quite racist for asking my ethnicity, as if it matters to understanding reality. This is science. Grow up.

[@pfeifferrhys8174]

I’m Sámi and I’m always so happy to see videos about us!!

[@ZyraOnFertilizer]

Im learning your language!

[@changchadchanamdong2668]

Never forget your Asian roots.

[@_so_ya_]

This is very well summarized, thank you for being so respectful and informative ❤️

[@magnus9754]

Short, informative and straight to the point. Love it! I also think the Sami culture is underrated and deserves more recognition worldwide. The Sami were treated quite horribly by us Scandinavians for a long time, trying to assimilate them and banning their language to make them speak norwegian. Luckily it's a lot better now, although there is still some discrimination against them. Their culture and religion is indeed very interesting, and the genetic origins of the Sami is one of the most extensively researched in the world, and still debated!

[@MadMacGeopolitics]

When I first started learning about more exotic cultures I was pretty intrigued by the Sámi, they’re still one of the most intersting

[@galenbjorn443]

Say Christianity, and let's not forget that the Norse people were horribly treated by Christians before the Sami were. The Christians literally cut out our religion from us and banned it for almost 1000 years. Almost every place where a church stands there was a Norse pagan holy place. And yes there is still some ''ruff'' talk between northern swedes/Norwegians/fins and the Sami but both sides are kind of silly at this time. We are both the native people of Scandinavia and we both have awsome cultures and we have both gotten our history and religion destroyed by outside forces

[@oisinmcevoy5947]

Keep it up man great video! 👍

[@harrihirvonen]

Great video! Really informative. Greetings from Finland and a happy new year!

[@MadMacGeopolitics]

Kiitos!

[@huntercollins1310]

I have learned so much from you channel. Thank you! I am from the US, and see a more than a few cultural similarities between the Sami and groups within the 500 Nations, the peoples native to North America. I find that intriguing.

[@melindarose7920]

My ancestry is Native North American Indian, Irish, and as I just found out today, Sami. I see a lot of similarities between the Sami and indigenous Americans as well.

[@hank4920]

@@melindarose7920 they both living in tepees.

[@veronicajensen7690]

in their culture and religion that's true however Sami are not Natives to Scandinavia, Scandinavians are the Natives, Sami are Indigenous meaning they were given that term to protect their culture and language

[@John-yk6nv]

amazing video brother much love from norway

[@yusufemirolcer9010]

really good video good job my friend

[@abdulyt07.r67]

thanks for the info. I have a mock exam in 4 weeks so this will be helpful, thanks

[@hunsuconab9538]

If you are interested in the culture of Sami people, I strongly recommend you to watch this video though... :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqq1kqFtpLqIh5I

[@mattk8983]

Congrats on 600 Subs!! Very interesting vid, keep it up

[@Elelyoneleven]

Short but informative, as a sami i appreciated seeing this

[@ZyraOnFertilizer]

Im learning your language!

[@matthewmann8969]

Very interesting and investing and intriguing and amusing people based on what I have learned.

[@ladyrose358]

I'm a Norwegian Sami.

[@david82633]

Bures

[@lexluthor6497]

Ha de

[@davidturner4610]

I’m coastal Saami from Weiland Island my recent DNA test reveals but I live in Australia. I could ever understand myself I look totally Nordic. I’m also Swedish. I’m very happy to in this culture!

[@ZyraOnFertilizer]

Im learning both Norwegian and sami 😂

[@sonjabw4197]

My Papa was Saami and Norwegian. I got all the Saami lol

[@davidturner4610]

I have Saami and Norwegian DNA and I live in Australia. Saami are beautiful ppl

[@itala7]

good vid lad

[@mummler]

I have discovered that I am close to half Sami. After learning this I felt much better about myself, understanding why I am the way I am.

[@albertoferrario9875]

Superior race

[@less3117]

Good video, and it matched what I already know, so thanks for putting it out there. My mtDNA is U5b1b1-b*, and among my dna matches (those that give an earliest known ancestor) 90% are Finnish, others are Norwegian, Swedish, a few Estonian and Hungarians. I'm assuming this, along with my haplogroup, strongly indicates a Saami heritage. Less than 1% of the population in England have this haplogroup. [Update} Should have mentioned that 40% of Saami have that haplogroup and that it's very low % elsewhere in Europe,

[@roowyrm9576]

It's my haplogroup too.

[@wanderluster9034]

U5b haplogroup is a germanic mitochondrial haplogroup.

[@computerresourcescairns3959]

I was surprised by my dear mother a few years ago, after she discovered our Saami connection with family ancestors living on the West coast of Finland. No wonder I have never felt cold other than two times in my life.

[@nils0n239]

very accurate video

[@Ulyssestnt]

They weren't as isolated as one might think..they had a lot of contact with the Norse over 1000s of years. Even likely seeded seidr /magic shamanistic practice into the Norse.

[@lba6859]

Genetic studies also confirm this. Sami contributed in the formation of today's northern Scandinavian nations along with getmanic tribes.

[@monaakemi8451]

...and have been trading with Russians over 400 year until the Norwegian government abandoned it in 1904. Thou the trading went on uptilt the 1930s.

[@folkloric3059]

Christmas Special!

[@MadMacGeopolitics]

I was actually planning for this to be a Christmas special

[@ButterFly-zh8ho]

I am a Sami from Finland, I inherited a herd of reindeer and land near Rovaniemi, I gave the usufruct for the creation of a nature reserve in the 70s, there are many more of us that in the official counts, we are in a larger territory, part of my family lived in the north but the rest in Savo, our territories included all of these countries. I remain a Sami even though I live in France. There is a dishonest desire to erase us by underestimating our population in order to deprive us of the few restored rights and to annex our territories to create mining and oil operations. A Finnish official in charge of managing one of the reserves for the National Forestry Office tried to grant a logging right to hunters to come and kill protected species, this dishonest maneuver hides a worse thing, the desire to suppress these species in order to suppress these natural reserves.

[@ZyraOnFertilizer]

I am learning your language!

[@jepjep8926]

U cant just claim land like that. U have to have had it offically bought. So if private persons or the government owns the land they can do whatever they want with it. Whats best for finlands economy

[@ButterFly-zh8ho]

@@jepjep8926 I inherited these lands, they are mine in a completely legal way, I just authorized the creation of the nature reserve where I put my herd of 3000 reindeer, I did not give these lands just given usufruct for this use. If they do not respect the intended use, I can recover my land legally.

[@jepjep8926]

@@ButterFly-zh8ho yes is they are yours they cant do anything

[@lba6859]

As an Armenian, I understand what you are saying... also understand what it is like to be a small nation with quite distinct culture and language amid bigger countries, how fast the assimilation happens,eviction of the indigenous population from their native lands (by all means) and cultural swap..

[@kameelelian6044]

Some of the greatest knife makers in the world are members of the Sami or make knives in the Saami style and traditions using traditional materials. However all of Scandinavian/Nordic countries have a great tradition of imo some of the best knives in the world

[@charleskuntz3457]

I was adopted and I've been told I have these characteristics. My mom Norwegian my father Dutch. My mom was born in China in a missionary family.

[@lunaChick91]

My maternal Haplogroup is U5b2a1a from my understanding very connected to the Sami people ♥️

[@karamac4847]

Same!

[@wanderluster9034]

😂 U5b haplogroup is germanic

[@lunaChick91]

@@wanderluster9034 it also has a high frequency amongst the Saami people and is one of the oldest maternal Haplogroups in Europe.

[@paskasaatana6298]

@@lunaChick91 and sami prople are over 60% europeans( it doesnt mean they are european) but they belong to here, fine people who respect their traditions.

[@lba6859]

This is one of the most spread mitochondrial haplogroups in Europe (after H haplogroup).it is believed it is as old as mesolithic. There are lots of subclades of it. U5 is more common in North Europe. In Armenians the mitochondrial subclade U4a is second largest after H haplogroup.

[@kelly6726]

I'm proud to be of sami descent

[@mithridatesi9981]

Are Swedes/Norwegians racist to Sami people ?

[@david82633]

@@mithridatesi9981 not as much today as just a couple decades ago, but still a problem in some areas. Adults were screaming slurs at a majority sámi childrens football team recently. People in the north has also been shooting at placename signs in sámi to make them unreadable, but this is not too common anymore. People are mostly just clueless, since they learn little about Sámi culture in school

[@theshakers235]

I really love the flag

[@tenzinkello9990]

Hi I m from india by the way if you don'tind can you make a video on tibet as I m tibetan qnd our culture is rich and religious

[@schnitzler5844]

Not enough views, good video 👍

[@reineeira9127]

My close family has a reindeerherd, and I’ve helped them with herding a couple of times. Unfortunately I’m one of the few in my family who doesn’t speak Sami fluently.

[@Dominik-lc4pl]

Where did you get that thumbnail map from?

[@wendyking9759]

My father is a lapplander mixed with probably Finnish and Hungarian, something we called kvaen. I live in arizona, and love this high desert with such intensity. I've never felt so at home anywhere as I do here.

[@david82633]

Kvens are Finnish originally, that traveled to Scandinavia between the 16th century and 19th century

[@ilves5980]

The Kvens are a National minority of Norway of Finnish heritage. National Minorities in Norway are ethnic groups that have resided in Norway for at least 500+ years. These are Kvens, Forest Finns, Sami/Sapmi, Roma, Romanischal and Jews. They are all considered Norwegian by the government. Some of these are ethnic groups that were forcibly removed from Sweden and England and moved to Norway were they could live freely until Norway was invaded by the Danes and the Danish King made it Illigal for Jews to reside in the kingdom, something that strangely enough was focused on the Askenazi and not the Sephardim, the latter who had resided in Norway a lot longer in Trondheim and other Coastal areas. Many of these groups are pretty much assimilated into the Norwegian population today.

[@paellaking9007]

How do the Scandinavian Governments treat the Sami? Is it similar to the Native Americans in the US/Canada?

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Sterilizations were practiced in the 50s to 70s against the Sami

[@veronicajensen7690]

maybe at one point but not sure, it's a very different scenario as in Scandinavia the Scandinavians are the Natives, Sami came thousands of years after Indigenous does not mean Native to the land, that said they should certainly be respected and they are part of the Nordic as all others

[@elin_]

I have sami ancestry and I've always wondered where they came from. My mom always told me they originated in Mongolia, but I've read online that they might come from Iberia (spain).

[@safiya1629]

the sami had prior to 400 ad a reach midway finland with the levanluhta, even prior to 13th century in extent bjarmia

[@gringo3002]

From what I've heard, the Sami indigenous area wasn't originally a part of Norway, Sweden, Finland, or Russia.

[@david82633]

The southern parts of Sápmi has been since Norway got unified, but far north was still disputed territory for a few centuries.

[@freesoftwareextremist8119]

You have to realise that in older times, borders weren't exactly accurate. The northern lands where sparsly populated and the scandinavian rulers had very little authority there. The sami came to northern scandinavia and found some land that was basically empty. The scandinavians considered it to be their rightful land but they had no factual rule over it.

[@Svenne-man-1880]

@@freesoftwareextremist8119 And has been killing the sami ever since by putting them to work and destroying their culture

[@rickberglund2134]

There are Saami’s here in the U.S. I discovered I had Saami ancestry. Originally, thought I was just Swedish, then learned I had ancestors from Finland, then learned of Saami. I had never heard of them. I have congenital arthritis, and was told it is more common in Scandinavian/Saami people, not sure if it’s true.

[@lba6859]

Arthritis is high in Asia too- China, India have high rates of it.

[@rickberglund2134]

@@lba6859 Yes, but there are other reasons for arthritis too. Arthritis associated with Northern Europeans are often carriers of the HLA-B27 antigen.

[@Nakkisesonki]

So youre not saami but u have some dna.

[@erkkinho]

In Fennoscandia there was a language even before Sámi or Balto-Finnic languages. This mystery language left many traces in Sámi and somewhat less in Finnish. So the people who introduced Sámi languages and Proto-Finnish came indeed from somewhere and mixed with the people who spoke an unknown paleolanguage. One thing you missed also was the fact that whole Finnish inland spoke proto-Sámi and may have just changed their language as the Balto-Finnic tribes immigrated there (and probably many fled too as their livelihood depended on hunting, fishing and gathering). Of course you have to oversimplifly in a short video, but sometimes simplification distorts reality.

[@FendertheBender]

Funny that an american's taken interest in the Sami culture, given how unknown it actually is. I mean, most swedish and norwegian people don't even know about our existence. Unfortunately Sami culture isn't mentioned at all in swedish education. Atleast not in the southern and middle parts of sweden, and I'm pretty sure it's the same in norway.

[@theokras1632]

Fuck i only learned about it because of Crusader kings 3 tbh

[@herptek]

It may be because a fashionable obsession with minorities there.

[@david82633]

They teach more in norway, but the knowledge is still very lacking. Sámástat go?

[@ilves5980]

It's not the same in Norway at all. I learned of the Sapmi from birth. As in Norway the Sapmi are a National minority. Meaning they are considered Norwegian and have all the same rights, and in some instances more rights in modern times as land owners. But it probably depends on the area. I grew up in an area with a lot of Norwegian/Swedish Travellers, and most of the people in this area are of mixed heritage meaning they are Travellers and Norwegian, but are assimilated to such a degree that they consider themselves Norwegian today, but still knowing that they were a different people at one point. In Sweden they number them as 65000 and Norway as 10000. The thing is that the ones in Norway are probably 200000 atleast, but they consider themselves Norwegian and are not counted in the national concensus. And the same goes for a lot of Sami that left their culture behind.

[@david82633]

@@ilves5980 While people learn a little, the knowledge is very limited in the south, especially in the west. As for travelers, the knowledge is extremly slim. I was taught almost nothing in school about the Roma. Also, Sapmi is the region, Sámi is the people

[@heh9392]

Saami people were actually the original people of Finland and they were even all the way in the very south near Helsinki, but thousands of years ago Finns came from the Urals and kicked them northwards, that's why they exist there nowadays.

[@erkkinho]

That is simplification to the extreme.

[@whcwcjecjecuecuw6654]

Are fins as indigenous as the sami?

[@kyyyni]

I wrote a comment pertaining this at more length elsewhere. Shortly and roughly: Finland was first settled some time after ca. 10000 before present (after the glaciers had melted). Those original people spoke now since long extinct palaeo-European languages (unrelated to Indo-European or Uralic languages). Later on came a people that spoke proto-Sami, and even later, people that spoke proto-Finnish. However, the genetics of modern-day people in Finland probably traces back mostly to the very first settlers - so the Uralic languages (proto-Sami and proto-Finnish) were spread by a minority. Possibly the newcomers formed a "upper class" so to speak, and the original population switched their languages over time. (In general, this seems to be the mode that both Indo-European and Uralic languages were spread to Europe! To give another example for comparison, e.g. the genetics of modern-day people of Hungary is mostly from the people who lived in that area before the Magyars came from the east and settled in). So, there are a couple of different ways to answer your question. If you go for genetics, then all of the people of Finland, on average, are as indigenous as it gets. If you go for linquistic groups (or culture), then the Sami are more indigenous than Finns*, but not quite indigenous themselves either. (* This begs the question what it means to be a Finn. If you ask me, it simply means that one is a citizen of the republic of Finland. That doesn't exclude one identifying themselves as a Sami too - or, for instance, belonging to a historical Finnish tribe such as Tavastians or Karelians or Finns (proper). (The whole notion of "being a Finn" is rather new concept in history, really taking on "by necessity", if you will, only after the predecessor state of modern-day sovereign Finland - the Grand Duchy - was established in 1809.)

[@veronicajensen7690]

Indigenous does not mean Native Finns are Natives to Finland , and Scandinavians are Native to Scandinavia, the term Indigenous is given to Nomadic people to protect their language and culture, it's a political term

[@whcwcjecjecuecuw6654]

@@veronicajensen7690 yes but what I was asking is if the finns also belonged to the nomadic group that the sami belonged to before they split up, ergo if the finns also were there before the germanic scandinavians

[@jamesvandemark2086]

Who? Some are my family's cousins! Our grandmother is from the Finnmark.

[@neinundnein6358]

Are you reading your text, or what?

[@AwesomeSauce696969]

Where's the SOURCE for the claim that the Romans wrote about the Sami? That seems outrageous.

[@MadMacGeopolitics]

Look in the description. All my sources are there

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@Amalie Olsdatter He was right, they came from that area. Not many people know (cuz they listen to dumb professors) that the ancestors of Finns, Balts and Huns are non other than the Scythians (Ashkenaz) who came from the Cimmerians (Gomer)

[@D4rkstorn]

@@EasternRomeOrthodoxy Yeah, don't listen to the dumb professors! Listen to this random idiot instead! He gets his information from the *Bible*. Oooooooooo. He's completely wrong of course, but listen to him anyway!

[@freesoftwareextremist8119]

@@EasternRomeOrthodoxy The ancestors of the Finns, Balts, Huns, etc are very certainly NOT the scythians lmao.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@freesoftwareextremist8119 Listen faceless cartoon bot, we know that your relatives are the looney toons, go watch starwars LMAO

[@promealiens9659]

Samoyeds are also reindeer nomads in that traditional way.

[@rockytucker7480]

Yeah it's kind of funny I have always been under the impression that I was part native American but according to a recent DNA test I'm about half to 3/4 Sami which is quite interesting

[@ThogusDonatus]

Always been intrested in the sami culture mostly due that they are the indians of the scandinavia and weirdly its the same situation here as the one in America

[@ilves5980]

I understand people in the United States want to draw that parallel. But it is not that Simple. The problem with this is that both Scandinavians and the Sapmi are native to these areas that today are these Countries. From ancient times they both were in these territories before it became countries, but in different areas. An example is that the first king of Norway married the daughter of the Sampi leader to build ties between the two ethnic groups that were in what became Norway at that time. To avoid tension and to make Norway a country for both the norse and the sapmi under one ruler, of course this later on became problematic as the norse outnumbered the sami. None of these groups came from somewhere else as invaders or colonists. They became these ethnic groups within these territories and later on expanded.

[@galenbjorn443]

What people dont know is that long before sami and germanic people. WHG, EHG lived here an mix so they became SHG. Later farmers came from the south and mixed some. Aah about 4000 years ago indo-europeans came and took over. And about 2000 years ago the sami game. So the first people here sre WHG AND EHG.

[@Langkowski]

Wishful thinking. Why do so many people want to portray Norwegians and Swedes like intruders who stole the land from the Sami? Sounds like bigotry to me.

[@veronicajensen7690]

however the difference being Scandinavians are the Natives (I'm not saying Sami should not have their area and culture protected I certainly think they should)

[@emd-ef4lm]

I think the Sami are from Far East Asia. However, Northern European DNA is also found in Korea in the Far East. In Korea dolmen, The remains of four Europeans in four areas have been found. mtDNA Haplogroups European populations were: H . They are dolmen in Hwangseok-ri, Jecheon-si, and Auraji Dolmen in Jeongseon, and dolmen in Pyeongchang and Gadeokdo, Busan. Their Y-DNAs are Germanic peoples R1b and R1a, and Northern European I1 genes, and they're the Scythia ,Celts,Viking.

[@veronicajensen7690]

Sami are from Siberia

[@coimbralaw]

They’re of Asiatic descent, at least in part, right?

[@MadMacGeopolitics]

I believe so, if by asiatic you mean Porto-Uralic peoples (the Samoyedic peoples of western Siberia have this asiatic look to them also)

[@Bigpapiofficial933]

@@MadMacGeopolitics No, actually they are a mix of Paleo-Europeans and Proto-uralic peoples, but now Scandinavians, Finnic peoples, and Russians mix with them.

[@paskasaatana6298]

@@MadMacGeopolitics proto-uralic wasnt asiatic

[@david82633]

@@paskasaatana6298 long enough back we probably immigrated from Siberia, as that is where most Finno-ugric languages are spoken today

[@changchadchanamdong2668]

@@MadMacGeopolitics . That is because they where originally ancient mongoloid.

[@MarkMiller304]

Siberian hunter gathers that were assimilated by Scandinavians.

[@ozziegreen4850]

Shamanism and paganism pretty different

[@david82633]

Shamanism is a type of paganism

[@shizzkix5341]

I am half Sámi

[@lba6859]

The language is finno-ugric, but genetics is very distinct and has more links with the mesolithic Europeans, rather than with the modern Finno-Ugric nations. Mysterious ethnicity of Sami. Glad though there are more researches on their culture, language and origin. I am sure sami people have got lots of answers to the questions about what the mesolithic Europe was like and how the first humans appeared and survived in the freezing arctic parts of the north.

[@bakidilek]

No, it is all wrogn. Their language comes from Tungusic language, origins from Turkik Mongolic language. There are many words same as Turkik words still using today.

[@Nakkisesonki]

​@@bakidilek😂😂😂😂 its finno ugric bro. Language =giella (finnish: kieli) (estonian=keel) Day =beaivi (finnish:päivä) (estonian=päev) Numbers: okta guokte golbma njeallje vihhta guhhta cieža gávcci ovcci logi (Finnish: yksi kaksi kolme neljä viisi kuusi seitsemän kahdeksan yhdeksän kymmenen) (estonian: üks kaks kolm nelj viis kuus seitse kaheksa üheksä kümme. I have more proof too

[@bakidilek]

@@Nakkisesonki 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 each language has taken words from nearby languages. For example, yoghurt is originally Turkish. 😂😂 😂

[@kyyyni]

@lba6859 My understanding is that in almost all parts of Europe, most of the genetics of the people comes from the ancestral populations that lived in Europe before the spread of Indo-European, and to a lesser part, Uralic languages. That means that the new languages were spread by a relatively small number of "immigrant" people most of the time. Genetics of modern-day Finland seem to be in accordance to the aforementioned principle. The original ancient (in your terms "mesolithic") people(s) settled to Finland quite shortly after the end of the last glaciation (approx. 10000 years before present). They spoke now-since-long-extinct palaeo-European language or languages (at least two; palaeo-Lakelandic and palaeo-Laplandic according to one linguistic theory). Later on came the predecessors of Sami - at about 1st millennium BCE - who spoke an Uralic language or languages (proto-Sami, if you will); and even later, the proto-Finnish speaking people from present-day Estonia. The majority population switched their original languages to the Uralic ones over the course of events. The substrate of the ancient palaeo-languages is still present in a few words of modern Finnish, mainly toponyms. Even more substrate words can be found in e.g. the North Sami language (the last estimate I saw was 300 words or more, if my memory serves me right.)

[@lba6859]

@@kyyyni nobody argues that finno-ugric is 'recent' influx, this can be also seen in genetics, still indo-european presence, at least its predecessing forms (firstly meaning archaeological cultures) appeared before the finno-ugric. If you want to trace 'paleolithic european traces', this is more likely to be among the baltic substrate

[@AdoptedCats]

MyHeritage DNA shows Saami are East Asians. All Far East Asians (Korean & Japanese) got Saami DNA. I'm not sure how can we related? *Reason why, I ended up this video.

[@arvikyl8187]

Because you saami are just asians who take and change the finnic languages

[@AdoptedCats]

@@arvikyl8187 The Paternal DNA is only 1%, So should be count from autosomal DNA. The Saami is possibly 99% are Caucasian, white Europeans and therefor they are not Asian. Instead, Gypsies are more highly frequency of Hindi themselves than Europeans, because, they do not mixed with white Europeans, but entire Saami are more white European than Asians.

[@victoriarose9802]

I think Sami might have come from the Inuits. Or the other way around. Geneticists are geo tagging the people to central Asia. There are cultural similarities between Sami and native North Americans, as well as with the Mongolians. The Inuits have been very good at ocean travelling in their kayaks.

[@AdoptedCats]

@@victoriarose9802 Their DNA also can be found many East Asians. But, I wouldn't call it related. They are Caucasians today. Is Gypsy still Indians? Probably not, just like Sami tribe.

[@victoriarose9802]

@@AdoptedCats Native Americans have been dated back to around 14,000 years ago in both the north and south of the continents. Recently there have been some kind of Homus remains found in China, which have been dated back 2 million years.

[@AfroV]

The weird thing is that their language and music don't sound too different from native American. The whole culture really. I don't think its a coincidence..

[@daisybread367]

Wdym

[@AfroV]

@@daisybread367 that either they had met each other and communicated or they got inspired from the same thing .

[@daisybread367]

@@AfroV i dont think so (im sami)

[@AfroV]

@@daisybread367 u don't think what? That they have alot of similarities in culture or that they actually met?

[@daisybread367]

@@AfroV that they have a lot of similarities in the culture coming from a sami

[@folkloric3059]

Also who were the four dudes who watched this and were like "Sami, those guys suck!!!"

[@MadMacGeopolitics]

Yes, the fools!

[@hunsuconab9538]

If you are interested in the culture of Sami people, I strongly recommend you to watch this video though... :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqq1kqFtpLqIh5I

[@davidturner4610]

Saami showed up in my DNA test

[@bakidilek]

I love Sámi people, they deserve a country of their own. 4 country stole Sámi people's lands, Finland, Russia, Norway and Sweden. Almost all Sweden belongs to Sámi people it is so sad to hear that Sweden dug Sámi people's ancestors' graves and stole the bones because of so called scientific reasons. So called democratic Sweden. I hope someday they will take their lands back and make a unified country.

[@lba6859]

The same happened to Armenisns, Greeks, Assyrians...in the beginning of the 20th c. Turkey commited genocide against these nations and took their lands. Armenians still cannot make up the demography they had before the genocide.

[@bakidilek]

@@lba6859 There was a genocide happened but Türkiye did not do it, Armenians killed Türks. Even my grand father wounded by Armenians. Türkiye's archive opened and you can check it. Where is your evidence? There is a sentence for this situation in my language 'işkembeden sallıyor onun bunun evladı'

[@Heligoland360]

The Norse have been in Scandinavia longer than the Sami.

[@lba6859]

​​​@@bakidilekyou know yourselves it happened... secretly non officially you even discuss it among each other and then discover "Armeian granny" that was orphan and had diffferent name...believe me, as a nation you would have earned much more respect internationally, had you recognized the Armenian genocide.

[@bakidilek]

@@lba6859 yes bro Armenians killed Turks even my grandfather wounded. They killed pregnant women children and olds. Did you see the photo that an Armenian militia holding an unborn child who is removed from his mother womb. Have you seen the photo of Turkish children who were stuffed into the mosque and burned alive?Do you know about the Turkish child who was skinned alive and the Armenian proud of this action?

[@Northy777.]

As a Norwegian i can say that Samer is not our indigenous ppl as Viking Norway did not own the Sami land but the land under it if you look at our viking age borders. Which means that the Vikings is our indiginous people.

[@user-yt3xd2jl6d]

The origin of the Sami and the Germanics is linked to the end of the Mesolithic, 10,000 years ago two peoples populated Scandinavia, the Western Hunter-Gatherers and the Eastern Hunter-Gatherers, the first group was typical of the ancient Europeans through which the second group had genetic connections with proto-Indo-Europeans and Siberian-Asians, the mixture of these two groups gave rise to the Scandinavian Hunter-Gatherers, later during the Neolithic, northeastern Scandinavia is populated by Finno-Ugric peoples who were a mixture of Indo-Europeans and Siberian-Asians, the mixture between the Scandinavian Hunter Gatherers and the Finno-Ugrics gave rise to the Sami and the ancient Finns. In South Western Scandinavia, Scandinavian Hunter Gatherers mixed with Anatolian Farmers of the Bell Beaker Culture and Indo-Europeans of the Corded Ware Culture, giving rise to the Germanics

[@user-yt3xd2jl6d]

We can see this represented by the Haplogroups, the Southwest the dominant Haplogroups are I1 (Western Hunter Gatherers) and R1b (Indo-Europeans of the Steppes), through which the North and East of Scandinavia is I1 and N1a1 (Asian Siberian)

[@user-yt3xd2jl6d]

It is important to note that both the Sami and the Germanics share the same Scandinavian Hunter Gatherer base that arose in the Mesolithic, which implies that the differentiation occurred in the Neolithic, so we can consider both the Sami and the Germanic indigenous from scandinavia

[@veronicajensen7690]

@@user-yt3xd2jl6d no the Sami did not come to Scandinavia until 2000 years ago, that said they can have some of the same ancestors as we all come from the are known today as Russia

[@user-yt3xd2jl6d]

@@veronicajensen7690 The Sami have 18% Autosomal DNA from Scandinavian Hunter Gatherers, even above the Finns who have 10%, the idea that they are not natives clashes with when we see their Autosomal DNA, the population that arrived from Russia was Indigenous Siberian faith type Nganasan, in other words were not genetically European, they mixed with the Hunter Gatherers of Scandinavia, giving rise to the Sami. The Finns and Norwegians had a mixture of Farmers from the Bell Beaker culture and then mixed again with the Indo-Europeans from the Corded Ware culture, coming from the Baltic, diluting the Asian DNA in the Scandinavians, the Norwegians have the greatest mixture of Corded Ware from the Baltic.

[@Hchris101]

Burgers

[@Bolognabeef]

So they came after Western Hunter Gatherers (who arrived in 15,000BC in ALL of Finnoscandia), speak a Finno-Ugric Turkic language, and are genetically east Asians. So how are they natives? Just because they're brown doesn't mean they're indigenous.

[@galenbjorn443]

Scandinavians have more DNA from the scandinavian hunter gatherers. So scandinavian are natives of most parts. Just the northen part of northen scandinavia can the sami clame to be native to.

[@esbayraktar5396]

sami is fin

[@BORN-to-Run]

I just recently found-out about the Saami people several years ago. Never learned about them in school, or college. I remember seeing a video on Finland, I believe, and I said to myself, "Who are all those Asian people I see walking by." I had to Google search to find-out why there were "Chinese" people (so I thought they were) way up in Finland! Now, I know. What a wonderful, rich world history we have. LONG LIVE THE SAAMI! (I think they may be the original Siberians.)

[@xyeB]

Are you kidding m? The Sami language is samoyedic and unrelated to Uralic or finnic

[@echo-trip-1]

Björk is one, isn’t she?

[@Grunk111]

She is Icelandic.

[@echo-trip-1]

@@Grunk111 - She can still have Sami ancestry and be icelandic.

[@Grunk111]

@@echo-trip-1 Yes but she doesn't.

[@echo-trip-1]

@@Grunk111 - How do you know?

[@Rockero_Loco]

@@echo-trip-1 The Icelanders are descendants of the Vikings and not the Sami. Iceland was uninhabited and the Vikings discovered and settled Iceland. From Iceland they then settled in Greenland and after several centuries, as the climate became colder, the settlements were abandoned. And yes, farming was possible in Greenland 1200 years ago.

[@FireflyThereIsHope]

Turkic

[@butterflies655]

Nothing to do with it.

[@kristofferhellstrom]

As a Swede I'm really proud that we have the Sami!

[@historyouuu3495]

"we have..." ? - BS

[@kristofferhellstrom]

@@historyouuu3495 Yes. That we have the Sami here in Sweden. Why is that BS?

[@historyouuu3495]

@@kristofferhellstrom sä olet niin dorga ettet hiffaa? svedupetteri...

[@david82633]

@@historyouuu3495 even if you dispute the indigenous status of the sámi, we have still lived in fennoscandia for millenias

[@historyouuu3495]

@@david82633 Mistä sä tonkin nyt oikeen vetäsit? Kukaan dissannut yhtään mitään - hä?

[@tlflora]

Well, if thier DNA,MTDNA are distinct from Swedes, Norwegians etc, then that means what? 1:48 NOT

[@xyeB]

Theyre samoyedic

[@fuzzyhair321]

Ive always found it weird the sami are considered indigenous to the far north of Scandinavia. Not like the norse people havent lived there for a damn long time either

[@Langkowski]

It's wishful thinking. For some reason people really wish to believe that Norse people are immigrants, colonizers and intruders who stole the land from the Samis. They pretend it's all so damn interesting with minorities that they forget about the majorities. Compared to the rest of the world, these are minorities too.

[@lata6778]

🍄🙈😶‍🌫️🦃🍄

[@gunawanantigam33]

sami own is russia

[@youandme9078]

I’m Turk from West-Turkey! My grandmother is magyar and grandfather from father siden is becoming yakut-tartar and ideal-uralic❤️ We are not forgetting Sami People’s 🙂

[@lba6859]

Turks look very different from Sami people. Turks look like Greeks, Armenians and Balkan ethnicities, while Sami people have more in common with their neighbours-Finns, Swedes,Norwegians and Russians.

[@youandme9078]

@@lba6859 Shut up with your shit anti-Turkiye! Speaks turki have similar by Greenland, Yakutia and Saami!!! I have blue Mongolian spot. As well Ugric(Saami part to) have this to!

[@bakidilek]

@@lba6859 Are you kidding me? They looks like Türkiye Turks.

[@haleybunker1339]

They are all beautiful gorgeous amazing adorable lovely animals.

[@Ddfffxcgeddccv]

Nonono estonia aint nordic

[@jessehaetta7538]

Estonian and finnish language are close to sami???!!! I mean ig but they are really not that similar

[@MadMacGeopolitics]

Somewhat distantly related, but less distant than Finnish and Hungarian

[@doslouqes4167]

They are related to marrocan magrebis

[@user-xr1qq7fe6k]

It can not be documented that sami people are indigenous. This is a huge controversy in Scandinavian countries. You should mention this in your video

[@unboppable1702]

Waka Waka heey-ey? JK. I'm swedish i know you are not asking for the rest of the lyrics.

[@kib2675]

Sami are a cultural minority, but not indigenous.

[@butterflies655]

They are and they take part in a global conference of indigenous tribes.

[@DunningKrugerJnr]

I love how thrilled people get to hear a white man speak their ancestral language or dialect…it’s a reminder that white, colonialist cultures have never honoured or really acknowledged the existence of indigenous or minority cultures

[@Langkowski]

Take you anti-white hate elsewhere. Show me other cultures that has honored minority cultures. All native Europeans speak their ancestral language.

[@galenbjorn443]

Norse people use to seek out fins and Sami for magical reasons. We can read that in the sagas. Sadly when Christianity entered northern Europe the Norse pagans were the first victim of their genocide. In Norway, the elites and king killed everyone who did not convert to Christianity. Later when they destroyed the Norse people and culture they did the same to the fins and Sami. The good part is that most Sami are still pagans and there is a growing population of Scandinavians going back to Norse paganism as well. So hopefully when I'm old i can seek out a Sami for some magical help

[@freesoftwareextremist8119]

Modern Norse Paganism is complete larp. No one really knows how paganism was like, there is barely any written evidence of religious practice.These people basically just make shit up.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@freesoftwareextremist8119 Yes we know, pagan bot, it looked like you lmao

[@HZV1492]

Cry you pagans✝️

[@arvikyl8187]

Fake people, only real finno ugrics is: Estonians, Karjalans, Finns, Inkerians

[@david82633]

And what exactly are Sámis really? How can an etnicity with an anicent language family and culture be fake?

[@seidr9147]

Ah good ole racism

[@butterflies655]

​@@david82633The culture of Sami's is completely different.

[@mithridatesi9981]

They are the Kurds of Scandinavia

[@Grunk111]

Kinda yeah, the kurds are better at being local majorities though.

[@Langkowski]

Elaborate

[@wilka171]

"The indigenous" Wrong: An indigenous. The Norwegians were there BEFORE the Sami came.

[@elljen7625]

No

[@elljen7625]

Look what the goverment calls us!

[@wilka171]

@Amalie Olsdatter I don't think that's what indigenous means. If you want to call Sami indigenous, ok because yes they have been there a long time.

[@wilka171]

@Clandestine Council Ugh, nope that is wrong. Norwegians were collecting taxes in the form of pelts from them which even led to conflicts. This was well over 1400 years ago or more.

[@wilka171]

@Clandestine Council oh goodness. They taxed them through furs and pelts. It's ok, most people don't know about it.

[@wackabacka]

The sami people own ALL rain deer in sweden as a swede i think they should give us some of them back or we take back our land and norway 🤣

[@thoughfullylost6241]

They are a nation not an ethnic group

[@thoughfullylost6241]

@Clandestine Council indigenous people have had nations since time immemorial but the term ethnic group was not used until the 20th century.

[@thoughfullylost6241]

I would argue the Swedes were colonizers of that land both Norwegians and Finnish people are off-shoots of colonizers while the Sami like indigenous people on every continent have maintained coherent culture since time immemorial even though they have different languages and tribal groups hence they are a nation of groups of people with cultural connection to the land the inhabit and each other.

[@thoughfullylost6241]

@Clandestine Council considering you definitely come from a biased point of view I'll take that as a compliment

[@thoughfullylost6241]

@Clandestine Council eurocentric materialism

[@vetrarbloanottunni2185]

11 000 years in scandinavia make danes, swedes and norweigans are the indigenous people of scandinavia, since the sami people are completely unrelated to the scandinavian hunter gatherers and pitted ware culture. Danes and swedes are the closest now living relative to the kostenki 14 man, so you can say that danes and swedes are the earliest Europeans also.

[@doslouqes4167]

You are wrong the Sami are related to the Berbers Or marrocans, not to the Uralic group before the ice age whole Europe was covered in exept Spain 1 went south and the other went north