Saami

The Saami are the aboriginal inhabitants of Northern Sweden, Norway and Finland. They call this area Sapmi. Population about 85,000, they are known as reindeer? herders.

See also aborigine?.

See other Northern peoples: Eskimo, Innu?, Inuit, Inuvialuit?, Aleut?,

For various Russian peoples, see http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/8226/sibnative.html (They list 85 groups. I don't know which ones are Northern.)