In this week’s podcast episode of Lost Cultures: Living Legacies, we explore the rich history of the Sámi. Host Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure's associate editorial director, is joined by three ...
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What a landmark ruling for the Sámi people in Finland means for the protection of Indigenous rights globally
In October 2024, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) issued a landmark decision stating that Finland had violated the rights of the Sámi Indigenous people to ...
A church in Kiruna, Sweden, designed by architect Gustaf Wickman to resemble a Sami hut. Apolline Guillerot-Malick/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In May 2025, Tapio Luoma, archbishop of the ...
Earlier this month, the Finnish government released its Truth and Reconciliation report, which documents years of harm done to the country’s Indigenous Sámi people. Truth and Reconciliation ...
The Sámi people of Scandinavia were robbed of their land, forced into boarding schools and forbidden to speak their Indigenous language. Like Native Americans, many turned to art to heal these ...
A Finnish truth and reconciliation commission on Thursday urged Finland to rectify historic injustices committed against the indigenous Sami people, as it finalised a report after four years' work.
(The Conversation) — In May 2025, Tapio Luoma, archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, delivered an apology to the Sámi, the only recognized Indigenous people in the European Union.
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