“The music chose me”: A talk with Sámi artist Mari Boine
Mari Boine gives us insights about her music, her life, the Sámi people, and more. Though she grew up speaking Sámi, Mari Boine‘s parents were…
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Strong Samí reactions to mining in Kvalsund
Strong Samí reactions to mining in Kvalsund The Norwegian Ministry of Industry has granted an operating license to copper mining in Kvalsund in Finnmark. The…
Bane Nor should pay for dead Reindeer
Bane Nor should pay for dead Reindeer The Reindeer district in Nordland, which has lost around 135 reindeer after being hit by trains recently, believes…
Sami should receive citizenship pay
Sami candidate believes all Sami should receive citizenship pay Because of norwegianisation the state is morally obliged to give all Sami citizen citizens pay, says…
Minister Sanner meets representatives from Tysfjord
Minister Sanner meets representatives from Tysfjord Minister of the Interior, Jan Tore Sanner (Conservatives), has a meeting with representatives from Tysfjord Municipality on Wednesday how…
Sami jubilation for a ‘truth commission’
Sami jubilation after majority for a ‘truth commission’ on assimilation The Norwegian Association of Lapps (Norske Samers Riksforbund) says it is a victory for the…
Tysfjord cases are a national tragedy
Sami Parliament President: Tysfjord cases are a national tragedy The police have previously stated that it is too early to say whether the cases relate…
COMMEMORATIVE COIN TO MARK THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SAMI CONGRESS
Today, Norges Bank issued a 20-krone special edition circulation coin to mark the centenary of the first Sami congress. The coin’s centenary motif, “Interplay”, was…
Solberg: Norwegianisation policy is a black chapter
Prime Minister Erna Solberg took issue with ‘Norwegianisation policies’ during the centenary of the first Sami congress in Trondheim. – The Norwegianisation policy is a…
Sami anniversary to be celebrated across Norway
Never before has the Sami National Day been so broadly trumpeted as it will be when the Centenary of the first Sami Congress is celebrated…
Sami Week, Tromsø 2016
Sami Week is arranged in Tromsø 1 – 7 February The Sami Week in Tromsø is held every year in connection to the Sami National…
