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GOATS IN THE SAMI CULTURE
By Jungle Svonni Goats where adopted into the Sámi reindeer herding culture where they played an important role for at least 150 years. Exactly when the goats entered our culture.
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
by Elin Kåven Often we get questions about what books in English we can recommend for learning about Sami culture. While there are tons of books about Sami people written,.
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THE GREAT CARIBOU OR REINDEER
by guestblogger Tim Yearington Thousands of years ago our ancestors had a natural curiosity for the brilliant stars of the SkyWorld. Like connecting dots with imaginary lines, star groups formed.
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THE STARRY SKY IN SÁPMI
In the Sami tradition, the starry sky is a cosmic hunting scene. With a life in close contact with nature and a long winter/polar night. The Sami have developed a.
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A SÁMI DRUM MAKER
Written by guest blogger, postdoctoral researcher Francis Joy. Visit his webpage for his shamanic treatments. Read it in the PDF viewer. Enjoy! More from Francis Joy: Also read:
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PRIVATE SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
Many of you have noticed the lack of information about the practices of Sami spirituality. One of the reasons to that is of course the colonization process where everything Sami.
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SÁMI AI TOOLS
By Elin Kåven Rune Fjellheim, from the south of Sápmi, has made a Sami Oracle in Chat GPT. This is what he says: “I have made the “Sámi Oracle”, a.
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MEET A SAMI IN THE USA
by Ginger Mayorga. 1. Where are you from, and where do you live? I was born in Washington State, and now live in Roseburg, Oregon. 2. How did you find.
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THE GOLDEN TIME AND HOW IT ENDED
This is an old southern Sami tale retold by Kirsti Birkeland. When Jupmele, God, created the world, he made it good and beautiful in every way. The mountain was clad.
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