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Sámi people

The Sámi (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}US: /ˈsɑːmi/ SAH-mee, UK: also /ˈsæmi/ SAM-ee; also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi-speaking indigenous people inhabiting the…

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Finland
9,350
Norway
37,890–60,000[a]
Russia
1,530
Sweden
14,600–36,000
Ukraine
136 (2001)
United States
480 (first ancestry) 945 (first and second)

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Etymologies

History

Discrimination against the Sámi

Culture

Music

Visual arts

Cultural region

Demographics

Genetic studies

History of scientific research carried out on the Sámi

Notable people of Sámi descent

Sámi culture

Sámi films

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Sámi books

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Sámi people

Nodes632
Edges631
Triples256
Avg. degree2
Density0.003165
Components1

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Sámi people

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related to Sámi films · 51
Sámi people → Academy Award, Amanita, Ann-Helén LaestadiusMy Fathers' Daughter, Arctic Indigenous Sámi, BBC, Best Foreign Film, Blood, Brace Your Heart, Cantus, Finnish, Finnish Lapland, Finnish LaplandThe Sami, Frode Fjellheim, Frozen II, Guovdageaidnu, Jeʹvida, Kautokeino Rebellion, Klaus, Kristoff, Kukushka
related to history · 39
Sámi people → Arctic, As, BC, BCE, Bronze Age, Estonia, Ethnographic, Europe, Finland, Finnish Lakeland, Finnmark, Finno-Ugric, From, However, In, Iron Age, Karelia, Kola Peninsula, Ladoga, Lake Ilmen
related to Southern limits of Sámi settlement in the past · 34
Sámi people → Aurajoki, Complete, Etymologies, Finland, Finland Proper, Finns, Hallingdal, Hol Municipality, How, In, In Finland, Lake Femund, Lesja Municipality, Lierne Municipality, Middle Ages, Municipality, Norse, Norway, Norwegian, Nuuksio
related to Sámi books · 28
Sámi people → Cultural History, Europe's Far North, Fenni, Folklore, Gabriel Kuhn, God Wears Many Skins, Indigenous Resistance, ISBN, Jabez, Liberating Sápmi, My Ear, Myth, Neil Kent, North, Rennerfeldt, Sami People, Secrets Whispered, Social, Tacitus, The Germania
related to Genetic studies · 18
Sámi people → According, BC, Europe, Europeans, Finland, N-VL29, N-Z1936, Neolithic, Siberia, Siberian, Sámi, Sápmi, The, The Y-chromosome, This, U5b, Uralic-speaking, Western Eurasian
related to Religion · 13
Sámi people → Eastern Orthodox, Finland, Lutheran, Many Sámi, Norway, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Similarly, Skolt Sámi, Some Sámi, Sweden, Sámi, Today
related to Clothing · 9
Sámi people → Eastern Sámi, Gákti, In, It, Men's, Sámi, Traditional, Traditionally, Women's
related to External links · 8
Sámi people → January, Media, Saami Culture Archived, Sami, Wayback Machine, Wikimedia CommonsSámi, WikivoyageSaami CouncilEncyclopaedia, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Demographics · 7
Sámi people → Attempts, Other, Sapmi, Sámi, Sápmi, There, Within
Finland · 1
Sámi people → 9,350

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sámi norway people sweden finland reindeer indigenous language rights finnish northern norwegian culture languages traditional peoples sápmi born swedish cultural

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sámi peopleFinland9,3501.00infobox
Sámi peopleNorway37,890–60,000[a]1.00infobox
Sámi peopleRussia1,5301.00infobox
Sámi peopleSweden14,600–36,0001.00infobox
Sámi peopleUkraine136 (2001)1.00infobox
Sámi peopleUnited States480 (first ancestry) 945 (first and second)1.00infobox
settlementsinstance ofwhich may correspond with the introduction of the Finno-Ugric languages in the region.Petroglyphs and archeological findings0.80text
dating from about 10instance ofwhich may correspond with the introduction of the Finno-Ugric languages in the region.Petroglyphs and archeological findings0.80text
000 BC can be found in Laplandinstance ofwhich may correspond with the introduction of the Finno-Ugric languages in the region.Petroglyphs and archeological findings0.80text
Finnmarkinstance ofwhich may correspond with the introduction of the Finno-Ugric languages in the region.Petroglyphs and archeological findings0.80text
although these have not been demonstrated to be related to the Sámi peopleinstance ofwhich may correspond with the introduction of the Finno-Ugric languages in the region.Petroglyphs and archeological findings0.80text
landinstance ofSwedish settlers were encouraged to move to the northern regions through incentives0.80text

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