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The Israeli company Nordic Wind is attempting to build more windfarms on unceded Sámi land. Our community has been joining forces with the Palestinian encampment in Tråante to protest and block these developments. No genocide on stolen land. #NoNordicWind
#NoNordicWind#Sámi#Sápmi#Palestine#Protest#Wind farm#Green energy#Colonization#Israel#Landback#Native#Indigenous#Instagram
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anyway remember that sweden colonized and/or ruled finland for 600 years and that both countries still occupy and exploit sámi land.
edit: just to make clear in this post since people apparently read this in a way i didn’t mean it (probably my fault, i sometimes assume things are implicitly understood when they are not, and i wrote this in the middle of the night) my intention was NOT to imply that sweden should be excluded from esc due to its historical occupation of finland. that part was a comment on the relation between the countries and was a reaction to the posts i kept seeing pitting sweden and finland against each other in a way i found very interesting because history informs how people relate to each other. there have been more intelligent additions on that topic in othe reblogs of this post. what i did mean to say about exclusion from esc however is that sweden and also finland (and norway) should be excluded on the basis of their continued occupation and exploitation of sámi land (and also culture for tourism reasons), and that’s why i emphasized sápmi specifically in the reblog.
#fuck eurovision fuck sweden AND fuck finland but fuck sweden much more.#p#esc#eurovision#sápmi#sweden
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Made some friends for my ace-sámi flag.
(i mean i'm pretty sure the sámi pride flag has been done before, but i honestly couldn't be bothered to even google it)
#sápmi#sámi#pride#flags#pride flags#i don't know if someone has already done this#but here they are either way#saami#saame#ace flag#aro flag#bi flag#gay flag#lesbian flag#nonbinary flag#pan flag#pride flag#trans flag
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#climate change#climate crisis#climate justice#free palestine#free gaza#protests#free kurdistan#rojava#genocide watch#sápmi
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Sámi hair decor
The Sámi people are the indigenous people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia
#culture#traditional#sápmi#vintage sápmi#sámi vintage#sámiculture#sámi norway#sámi clothing#sámi culture#sámipeople#sámi#sámiclothing#sámivintage#cultural hairstyles#traditional hairstyles#hairstyle#traditional braids#braids#sápmi culture
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Unshaming my indigenous heritage | Mari Boine
Mari Boine grew up in a Sámi family in the North of Norway, where she was taught to be ashamed of her heritage and the close relation to nature. Growing up she found the opposite to be true, and turned the realisation into a life long musical career. Mari is a singer, musician and songwriter from Sápmi, Norway. Her music is infused with Sami roots (joik) in combination with jazz, rock and electronic sounds. Mari Boine has been one of the most outspoken and important representatives of the Sámi culture. As an artist and activist, she has worked tirelessly for the recognition and preservation of the indigenous Sámi culture and for the protection of Mother Earth among other causes. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
#Sámi#Sápmi#Mari Boine#Sámi heritage and culture#indigenous history#norway#mother earth#healing#TEDx talk#music#joik#important#video#Youtube
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I've fallen down the YouTube rabbit hole today & it always gives me mixed feelings seeing all of these influencers going on trips/PR trips to Swedish or Finnish Lapland. It also doesn't help that it's such a complex topic to tackle, so it's difficult to even put words to my mixed feelings.
As an Indigenous woman who partly grew up & has roots in Swedish Lapland, it feels wrong to see Sámi land, food & culture exotified & marketed as this "magical, once-in-a-lifetime trip" & so on. Not to mention that it's sold as Swedish Lapland & Finnish Lapland - the fact that it's actually Sámi, indigenous culture, that is rarely, if ever, touched upon. Then we have the fact that the name Lapland is a leftover from a racist & colonial past, but I can go into that rant another time...
But on the flip side, I also get it. We all need to support ourselves, we all need to make a livelihood & climate change has already affected Sápmi (I don't know exactly how it is in Norway, Finland or Russia, but a majority of the Swedish part of Sápmi has already seen an increase of 2 degrees). Hence, it's difficult, if not impossible, to continue with our traditional lifestyles. Plus, if Finland as a nation feels like tourism is the way to go & are trying to make that one of the country's most significant industry - I mean, they wouldn't be the first country to use their indigenous population in this way. Basically, I'm trying to say here that I get it; the coloniser has exotified for so long, so why not exotify ourselves to make money & please the tourists?
Writing this, it hit me that that's my biggest issue - that it's marketed & talked about as Swedish, Finnish or even Norwegian culture. That the whole indigenous aspect is removed. I would not have as much issue with it if it was acknowledged that they're on indigenous land, eating traditional Sámi cuisine (maybe even cooked traditionally!), & are about to experience Sámi culture.
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Please reblog for a bigger sample size!
If you have any fun fact about Sápmi, please tell us and I'll reblog it!
Be respectful in your comments. You can criticize a government without offending its people.
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#Palestine#Israel#sami#sami people#sápmi#decolonisation#decolonization#settler colonialism#free palestine
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Fellas is it ADHD to want people to. Use slurs. To. Further the culture. Of your . I can't finish this.
#this is so actually braindead#why do you have a brain to think if this is what it creates#literally what does it mean#slurs#Sámi#Sápmi
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if you wanna learn more about sámi history and reality from actual sámi sources btw i would recommend sametinget’s website, mitt sápmi on instagram (it’s in swedish, but i would still like to recommend it), timimie märak’s instagram (they’re a queer sámi activist and artist), the samediggi website, samer.se has an english language information pdf here. these are some starting points, there are tons of other sources of information of course.
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October 11, 2023 : gather at Mihkkal Hætta’s lavvu outside Norwegian parliament to protest the Fosen human rights violations in Norway.
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Kungsleden, Abisko, October 2022.
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Sámi bridal attire
This bridal attire is honestly so beautiful. Filled with silver and beautiful details!
The Sámi people are the indigenous people of Sápmi (Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland & Russia)
#culture#traditional#sámi vintage#sámiculture#sámiclothing#sámi norway#sámi culture#sámi clothing#sámiweddding#sámipeople#sámi#sápmi#silver#traditions#traditional wedding
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Gruvan drabbar Kiruna, den drabbar samerna och den drabbar klimatet. Detta rör hela Sverige! Lokala protester mot LKAB pågår redan, men de når inte ut i resten av Sverige, och därför behöver dem vårt stöd med signaturer. Det tar 30 sekunder att signera!
'Det samiska ungdomsförbundet Sáminuorra ser med stor oro på den utveckling som sker i Giron och norra Sverige, eftersom Per Geijer-gruvan påverkar samiska barns framtid, de samiska språken och kulturens överlevnad. Gruvan skulle klyva samebyn Gabna mitt itu och omöjliggöra för renarna att röra sig över markerna. LKAB offrar därmed renskötseln och samerna i området. De saknar kunskap eller förståelse för att det är vår framtid som står på spel.'
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