The
Sámi (or
Saami, also called
Lapps) are the aboriginal inhabitants of northern
Sweden,
Norway and
Finland.
They call this area
Sápmi. Population about 85,000, they are known as reindeer
? herders.
Many books and official documents call these people
Lapps, but they prefer to be called
Sámi or
Saami, the name they use for themselves.
They speak several languages of their own from the
Finno-Ugric family, related to
Finnish but not to
Swedish and kin.
See also aborigine?, other Northern peoples: Eskimo, Innu?, Inuit, Inuvialuit?, Aleut?.
External References
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.)
The Nordic FAQ at http://www.lysator.liu.se/nordic/scn/faq23.html has a section on the Sámi.
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