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1917 |
The Sami people held their first congress in the Norwegian city of Trondheim. In 1992 they declared Feb 6 as their national day. Links: Norway, Sami 
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1977 |
Sweden's Riksdag (parliament) recognized the Sami as an indigenous people. Links: Sweden, Sami
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2017 Feb 6 |
The indigenous Sami people of Europe's Arctic north, formerly nomadic reindeer herders in Lapland, celebrated their national day with hundreds of events across the Nordic lands. The Sami settled with their reindeer herds 9,000 years ago in Europe's Arctic and now number 70,000 people spread across Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Links: Norway, Sami
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2019 Feb 4 |
The UN Human Rights Committee ruled that Finland has breached the political rights of its Sami population, charging that Helsinki had violated the indigenous people's right to "internal self-determination." According to the Finnish Sami parliament, there are 10,000 Sami in Finland. Links: UN, Finland, Sami
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2020 Jan 23 |
Sweden's supreme court ruled in favor of Sami control of hunting and fishing permits citing government records going back to the 16th century which recognized Sami rights in exchange for taxes (paid in fur). The Sami people, indigenous to northern Sweden, number about 20,000. Links: Sweden, Sami
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2020 Jun 9 |
Sweden announced that 1.2 million kronor ($130,000) would be used to set up the truth commission to shed light on injustices against indigenous people carried out by the Swedish state. Sweden had announced in 2019 that it would finance such a process. Links: Sweden, Sami
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