In October 2024, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) issued a landmark decision ...

Their unusual story began about a hundred years ago. Now, as they head to the high north, an ambitious new chapter is being ...

Reindeer apparently slain in a grisly manner and a conflict between local Sami reindeer herders and organisers have cast a shadow over the Swedish Rally which began Thursday. After 50 years of the ...

The mild Swedish winter has made it difficult for reindeer to find their own food. Photo: Paul Wennerholm/TT "There is just one explanation and that's climate change," Jan Rannerud, chair of the Sami ...

On Sunday, reindeer owner Maidi Eira Andersson discovered three reindeer from Rans Sami village dead near one of the World Rally Championship stages near Umeå. The reindeer had their throats slit, and ...

The main historic trajectory in property rights to land was the development of more exclusive rights by the dissolution of common property. In the Swedish lappmarks the opposite occurred, and by the ...

The few trails we have found are paths laid down by wildlife or traditional Sami reindeer herders, who are permitted to graze animals in the park, having been here as long as anyone can remember.

Every year, thousands of reindeer migrate from Norway to Finland. This year, a whopping 3,500 of them are making the trip, accompanied by dozens of Sami herders — indigenous Scandinavians ...

The Northern Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara—who explores political and ecological issues affecting the Sámi and Indigenous ...

The Swedish Rally got under way in Umeå on Thursday. Photo: Peo Möller/TT Reindeer apparently slain in a grisly manner and a conflict between local Sami reindeer herders and organisers have cast a ...

The grounds are dominated by the school’s lavvu, a traditional Sami shelter. Inside, reindeer skins line the ground around an open fire. Throughout the morning, children dart in and out of the ...