Monday, March 12, 2012

Sami History Lesson

We attended a celebration of life over the weekend, and learned a little about the Sami - who are the indegenous people of Finland and Norway. Idaho is also home to a pocket of Finnish influence not far from McCall, where buildings featuring Finnish architecture have been preserved.

4 comments:

  1. I thought that costume looked a long way from home! How interesting that there are Finns settled in Idaho.

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  2. You forgot Sweden.

    http://www.eng.samer.se/

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  3. You're right Steffe, and I think there are a few other Sami Arctic regions, too.

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  4. ..... and a link from Norway: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.samer.no%2F

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