The history of the Sami, Europe's only official 'indigenous' people of the North.

"Discover the amazing culture of the Sami people - Europe's only official indigenous people of the north! (although this is debatable) From their ancient traditions and stunning Arctic landscapes to their fascinating history and modern way of life, this video takes you on a journey through the heart of Sami culture. Learn about their unique language, music, and art. Whether you're a history buff, culture enthusiast, or just curious about the world around you, this video is a must-watch! Join us on an unforgettable journey to explore the rich and vibrant world of the Sami people."

[karennadeau]

My mothers family was Sami Finnish. I grew up in Minnesota where many Finnish and Swedish people live. We had a large family and met every Saturday to sauna at my grandparent home...I love my heritage and their culture. We are a very spiritual people, reserved and mind our own business. Mom said, you can always tell a Fin, but you can't tell them anything. Mom had red hair, green eyes and a temper to match... I'm blonde green eyed and I also have quite the temper. LOL

[NordicSami]

We are shorter than Europeans, our eyes are mostly squinty & Asian in appearance, and we have higher cheek bones. We are different & happy to be.

[tangfors]

It's a little different to call the landscape Lapland than to call someone Lapp, to call someone Lapp is considered derogatory, but I haven't heard the same about the landscape.
But if you're going to try not to be racist, Eskimo is not a completely clean term either.

Different parts of Fennoscandia were colonized at different times, the Sami moved into the northern parts and the Germanic peoples and the Finns into the southern.

As it seems, the people lived without conflict for many hundreds, perhaps a thousand years, but when nationality and nation building became a large part
in the north, the Sami were oppressed.

Anyone can also have reindeer, but only the Sami are allowed to have them loose, so to speak.

The Sami are probably one of the most peaceful cultures, they had a form of democratic system very early on.

[junebrilly]

Stunning Photographic Art. The one photo of the herder holding the head of the reindeer in his moving.

[PerfectBrEAThER]

🦌 Sámiid boahtimušas ii leat gullon, ahte livččo boahtán gosge.

The Proto-Saami language appears to have first evolved somewhere in the Lakeland of southern Finland and Karelia in the Early Iron Age. A broad body of evidence points to the conclusion that the Middle Iron Age (ca. 300-800 AD) in Lapland has been a period of radical ethnic, social, and linguistic change: in this period the ProtoSaami language spread to the area from the south and Saami ethnicities formed. Prior to this, Lapland was inhabited by people of unknown ethnicity that spoke non-Uralic languages, many relics of which survive in Saami vocabulary and place-names. 🦌

- Linguistic Map Of Prehistoric Northern Europe (2012) archive o * g page 63 of 370
or
An essay on Saami _ ethnolinguistic prehistory
Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ante (Ante Aikio)

"There is no information that the Sámi have come from somewhere, but they have always inhabited their current homeland." – Johan Turi

[norseman]

I am 1/2 Sami, we are no more Indigenous to this region (Norway) than the Germanic tribes who is now considered Norwegian or Norse. Matter of fact, the Sami people came to the area 4000 years later than the Norse/Germanic tribes who is documented to have settled the region some 6000 years ago. The Samis came from Europe some 2000 years ago. It is a mis concept that they were ''the first'' people to settle this region. This claim just divide the population today and you will not find 1 Sami in Norway who is not also partially Norwegian. NOT 1.

[samikuronen]

The four largest ethnic groups that speak Finno-Ugric languages are the Hungarians (14.5 million),  Finns (6.5 million),  Estonians (1.1 million), and Mordvins (0.85 million). Majorities of three (the Hungarians, Finns, and Estonians) inhabit their respective nation states in Europe, i.e. Hungary,  Finland, and Estonia, while a large minority of Mordvins inhabit the federal Mordovian Republic within Russia (Russian Federation).

The indigenous area of the Sámi people is known as Sápmi and it consists of the northern parts of the Fennoscandian Peninsula. Some other peoples that speak Finno-Ugric languages have been assigned autonomous republics within Russia. These are the Karelians (Republic of Karelia),  Komi (Komi Republic),  Udmurts (Udmurt Republic) and Mari (Mari El Republic). The Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug was set up for the Khanty and Mansi of Russia. A once-autonomous Komi-Permyak Okrug was set up for a region of high Komi habitation outside the Komi Republic

[monaakemi]

Concerning our spiritual belief and ways of understanding life, it went underground after inquisition and has been there ever since. We just hide it and don't talk to outsiders about it. And this is just among us who still speak sámi language. The others who lost the language during the norwegianzation and assimilation time don't have the same mindset as us cause they don't have the same references which is connected to the language and upraising as children. And we feal deep connection with other aboriginals (natives) on earth. We are careful on the internet because of so much racism against us. I almost never go into discussion because it's almost always the same. We always have been a peaceful people and don't even have a own word for war, we borrowed word for war from our neighbor people the Finns. Anyway I wish you all the best ❤

[almightyroachkillaz]

Is it just me or do the modern day Sami look a bit different from the old black and white images? Reminds me of a doc i saw about the Cherokee nation in the USA

[DavidJamesHenry]

People don't realize that "indigenous" doesn't mean "native". It means "original people before imperialism and colonization". The Sami count as indigenous because they were invaded by the Norse and subjugated.

[ThatElephantSeal]

Only indigenous people? What does that make the rest of us?

[robinwinter]

10-14% Asian (related to Japanese).. but simultaneously the only officially Indigenous group of Europe??? 🤨
Anyway, Thank you for bringing up the fact that Scandinavians never gets recognition as indigenous people of Europe.
I mean we have after all been here for at least 12 000 years and have been scientifically proven as the the oldest group of Europeans)
However you did a great job of this video and Love your content

PS: My suggestion of topics are: 

- Patupaiarehe of New Zeeland
- The Pics
- The Druids 
- The Goths of Scandinavia
- King Arthur
- Robin Hood
- History of Orkney Island
- Brú na Bóinne( Newgrange)
- The story of Tirna Nog and other Irish folklore
- European folklore and mythological creatures (Trolls, Gnomes, Elves, Mermaids, Werewolf's) etc
- The Vendel period
- Beowulf
- History and symbology behind Gothic architecture

Thank you and Love your work

[rickwrites]

Officially indigenous is a political categorization that refers to MORE than nativity. It is a minority group living from the land there who was still engaged in their original tribal pre Christian/pre-fuedal type cultural and food production up through the early modern (1600-1900) period, but was excluded, colonized, marginalized OR oppressed for this reason.

[ivorkovac]

Hello everyone. I see that a lot of people have expressed concern over the title of this video, and taken it that we were implying that Europeans are not the native people of Europe. I have updated the title of this video to put "indigenous" in quotation marks. Of course we recognize that Europeans are indigenous to Europe and would never say otherwise, but the definition of "indigenous" used by governments is different than how we use the term colloquially. As some of you have suggested, I believe this is being done for invidious political purposes. Meaning, they all know that the average person equates "indigenous" with "native/original, " but they use it differently so that you will eventually accept certain premises (like there being no group with a superior claim to the land). I say all this to clarify that that was never our intent. Thanks for watching, to everyone who watched.

[junebrilly]

I often wonder about my Swedish Grandmother. She came from the far north of Sweden to the US in 1904. There have been old stories in my family that are not clear. Something about

[mcnicepidii]

The link to American Indians is obvious, as it is to the Berbers in Morocco. Are they a remnant of the Carthaginians, whom we are told is a lost people and culture.? The tartan is interesting too. Smacks of a Scottish/Irish link, and also to the ancient Tocharian mummies, found in China. They were dressed very similarly to the Saami and Scots. The Scots and Welsh were apparently able to converse easily with many American Indian tribes, in the first century of that population shift... Welsh is very similar to Basque and Etruscan. One then wonders why the Welsh and Gaelic languages were banned and suppressed in the 1920s. The hats and shoes are reminiscent of Dutch folk attire...

[Zaggrippas]

Here in Sweden the Sami people had to put up with a lot of evil treatment from gouverment for a very long time snd still going on today. Still fighting for their rights

[BS-mzin]

You shouldn't perpetuate the lie of Europeans not being indigenous. Its an Anti-White world we live in, please don't make it even more difficult.

[AlexVictorianus]

Sami, Ainu and Native Americans, all have significant amounts of Ancient North Eurasian ancestry.

[davidturner]

I enjoyed the slide show. I can’t tell ppl I’m from Northern Scandinavia and Northern Ireland I got teased about my blonde hair, extremely high cheekbones and green eyes, ppl were just racist in the end.