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	Sami people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Traditionally, the Sami had a variety of livelihoods; fishing on the coast and in the inland, trapping animals for fur, sheep herding etc. The best known livelihood is reindeer herding, but only a small percentage of the Sami have been mainly reindeer herders over the last centuries.
		Sami were still free to cross the border between Sweden and Norway according to inherited rights laid down in the Lapp Codicil of 1751 until 1940, when the border was closed due to Germany's occupation of Norway.
		Sami language is studied in several universities in all countries, most notably the University of Tromsø, which considers Sami a mother tongue, not a foreign language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sami (2012 words)

	The Sami of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Thus, the everyday use of the Sami language is decisive in determining a person's right to be classified as a Sami and his or her right to vote for representatives to the Sami Parliament or be eligible for election.
		Sami was taught in the schools, and new institutions were established, such as the Sami Collections in Karasjok and the South Sami Collections, a museum and cultural centre for the South Sami, in South Trøndelag county.
		from Norway, NRL and NSR and from Finland, the Sami Parliament.
	reisenett.no /facts/culture_science/sami.html (4060 words)

	S A M I T O U R
		The old Sami religion was founded on an animistic world-view and a shamanistic form of worship in which drumming on the *runebomme (ritual drum) and traditional chanting, yoiking, were of great importance.
		Sami is a typical example of an agglutinative language, where suffixes are added to the root or stem of the word.
		The Sami protested, first, against further development in Sami areas, which was seen as evidence of a "bit-by-bit" policy, and second, against the practical consequences the damming would have for some reindeer herders.
	www.samitour.no /english/9-1-historie.html (5172 words)

	Wikinfo \| Sami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sami inhabitants have in Sweden, Norway and Finland (but not Russia) a voting length in their special designed authority, the Sami Parliament (SP).
		Sami religion shared elements common to other circumlpolar religions across the northen degrees, e.g.
		The Sami language is part of the Finno-Ugric family, related to Finnish but not to Norwegian and kin, however due to prolonged contact with the Scandinavians, there is a large number of Germanic words in Sami.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Sami (578 words)

	EutopiaWeb\Samisjaman
		The Sami and Norwegians: One of the great Norwegian kings of the late Pagan times, Harald the Fairhaired, was once introduced to the daughter of the Sami leader Svaase, who called the king out from a Yule feast to meet her.
		As a powerful, and very visible part of the Sami religion, the drum was one of the main focuses of the Christian attempts to eradicate their religion, so most of the older Sami drums have been crushed or burnt by Christian missionaries and their armed escorts.
		In the Sami culture of today, some of the old rituals, and many of the old symbols, are still an important part of their daily life, even if modern houses and snowscooters have replaced their reindeer-skin tents and reindeer-pulled sleighs.
	www.eutopia.no /Samisjaman.htm (2205 words)

	Sami peoples
		The Sami People (there are other names and spellings including Sámi, Saami and the obsolete Lapp) are a group of Germanic and Scythian tribes decleared as an indigenous people of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, covering a total area in Nordic corresponding to the size of Sweden.
		The Sami are one of the largest groups of indigenous peoples in Europe and speaks a Finno-Ugric language; the Sami languages.
		Priest had tried to convert them, sometimes by cruel means such as burn runedrums (and peoples) on the stake and nail "those damn backdoors" on their coats [a heathenry ritual]; but it was not until the bible got translated major parts converted.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sami_peoples.html (739 words)

	Sami Culture - lapland holidays - Arctic Discovery UK
		Sápmi is populated by approximately 85,000 Sami of which 20,000 live in the Swedish portion.
		The Sami religion grew from the hunters' relationship to their prey and the nature that surround them both.
		Whereas the Sami tents nowadays are made of bought fabric, reindeer skin is still used for clothes and shoes -even such items that are used in daily life.
	www.arcticdiscovery.com /sami_culture.php (1240 words)

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		The Sami are known to have fished and hunted seals on the west coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, but in the late Middle Ages the Swedish agricultural population "invaded" the coastal area, pushing the Sami further north.
		Sami as an elective language is taught in primary schools in several places in Lapland.
		Sami language and culture courses are taught at several universities in the Nordic countries.
	www.renne.com /Maternal/Sami.html (3503 words)

	Sami peoples - TheBestLinks.com - Lapp, Christianity, Drum, Europe, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Sami People (there are other names and spellings including Sámi, Saami and the obsolete Lapp) are an indigenous people of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, covering a total area in the Nordic countries corresponding to the size of Sweden.
		Sami inhabitants have in Sweden, Norway and Finland (but not Russia) a vote, besides the regular country democratic election length, in their special designed authority, the Sami Parliament (SP).
		Sami religion shared many common elements to the Norse mythology and the latter's spiritual parts are often considered to be derived from an aboriginal life style.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Lapp.html (808 words)

	Dragonswood :: A Pagan Meeting Place :: Library :: Sami Shamanism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Sami people inhabit a land they call Sampi, stretching from the Norwegian coast in the north west, across the northern parts of Sweden and Finland, to the Kola peninsula in the north east, a part of Russia.
		The Sami people were organized in ‘siida’, or tribes consisting of several families bound together socially, religiously and by their recognition of tribal laws.
		The Sami shaman is called a Noaide, and are usually trained within the family, an ageing Noaide training one of his or her relatives, starting shortly after they reach puberty.
	www.dragonswood.org.uk /mod-subjects-viewpage-pageid-64.htm (2430 words)

	BÁIKI The North American Sami Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It consists of fish caught in lakes, rivers and the ocean, reindeer meat that is dried in the sun, smoked, or cooked in a stew with potatoes, and cloudberries and mushrooms gathered from the forests and bogs.
		The Sami are indigenous to Scandinavia, Finland and the Russian Kola Peninsula.
		Nature religion The Sami belief that all life is dualistic on both spiritual and physical levels and that people must live in harmony without disturbing Nature.
	www.baiki.org /content/glossary.htm (803 words)

	Society Ethnicity Sami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Sami Collections - A Sami museum in Norway with a cultural history department, a art collection and an open air museum.
		The Sami Siiddat of North America - A confederation of regional organizations with members who share the heritage of the Sami culture of Northern Scandinavia and Finland.
		Somby, Ande - Cyberilbmi - A joik performer of the Sami or Laplander people, Somby also is a designer and photographer, and he is associate professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Tromsø.
	www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Society/Ethnicity/Sami (592 words)

	Sami religion -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The religion was a form of (Any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)) shamanism, practiced by the (In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination) shaman for the most miscellaneous problems.
		The shaman, termed (additional info and facts about noajdde) noajdde in the (additional info and facts about Sami language) Sami language, had great influence of the peoples in the village.
		As with other (additional info and facts about circumpolar religion) circumpolar religions, the Sami religion contains a hunting cermony especially for (Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws) bears, known as the bear cult.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sami_religion.htm (352 words)

	Netscape Search Category - Sami
		The Fear of a Sami National State Discussion of the Norwegian response to the question of Sami national identity.
		An introduction to the Sami people General presentation and description of the Sami people (the native and indigenous population of the Scandinavian peninsula), the texts focus on conditions in Sweden, yet gives briefs on the situation in Norway, Finland and Russia as well.
		The Sami Siiddat of North America A confederation of regional organizations with members who share the heritage of the Sami culture of Northern Scandinavia and Finland.
	search-intl.netscape.com /Society/Ethnicity/Sami (706 words)

	The religion of the saami people
		The religion of the Sámi was a religion based on nature.
		Nowadays, the old Sámi religion is just practised in one special place in the north of Norway.
		Most of the Sámi have turned Christian, even though some parts of their old belief will always be there, as for instance in old customs and in the bringing up of children.
	www.bokenskolan.jokkmokk.se /laponia/arbeten/english/saami_religion/The_religion_of_the_saami_people.html (761 words)

	BBC - Religion & Ethics - Sami Yusuf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sami Yusuf is fast becoming, or arguably is, the UK's leading Nasheed singer.
		The 23 year old artist was born into a musical family of Azeri origin and his initial musical training came at an early age from his father who was a composer, poet and musician.
		After composing some of his own pieces Sami received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
	www.bbc.co.uk /religion/religions/islam/features/sami_yusuf (242 words)

	Search Results for sami - Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Sami are widely distributed, inhabiting territory from central Norway northward and eastward across northern Sweden and Finland to the Kola Peninsula.
		(Sami: “Ruler of the World”), the deity believed by the Sami (Lapps) to be closest to the starry heaven.
		The government, comprising the prime minister and the Statsråd (State Council), is nominally chosen by the monarch with the approval of the Storting,...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=sami&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (371 words)

	Carson Maynard's home page - the clone revolt, week two
		Sami and Carson are recaptured, with Trill, Debi, Odie and Penwyn
		Sami was describing her recipe for synosnymnymm cookies to me when Ares opened the door and wheeled in two mini-vacuums, put one in each of our parts of the cell, and then left.
		Sami and I huddled in our respective corners while doors opened and slammed and voices were shouting, until it passed.
	iaith.tapetrade.net /clonew02.html (8486 words)

	The Norwegian Sami People - The Norway Post 19 August 2000
		The Sami’s rights to develop their own culture was acknowledged in the 1960s, and the Sami language was allowed to be taught in schools.
		Other traditional characteristics of the Sami is their language, folk medicine, turf huts, coulourful national dress, knowledge of ecology, reindeer sleds and the making of carved wares.
		Thus Sami reindeer herders are planning to charge the Norwegian state with breaches of the ILO convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and the international human rights.
	www.yukoncollege.yk.ca /~agraham/nost202/norwaysami.htm (679 words)

	Adherents.com
		The Lapps were extensively converted towards the end of the 17th century, and the change from pagan to Christian belief is reflected in certain of their legends...
		The Sami population varies in lifestyle and dialect, costume, and present day religion...
		In Haiti, the religion metamorphosed into vodun or vaudoux; in Cuba, santeria, in Brazil, candomble; in Trinidad, Shango Baptist; in Mexico, curanderismo; in Jamaica, obeah.
	www.adherents.com /Na/Na_580.html (3788 words)

	GoSearchFor.com Directory and Metasearch Engine : Society : Ethnicity : Sami
		Fact sheet about the college established in Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino) in 1989 to cover the needs of higher education and research of the Sami society, and to strengthen Sami professional qualifications in various fields.
		A joik performer of the Sami or Laplander people, Somby also is a designer and photographer, and he is associate professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Tromsø.
		A Sami museum in Norway with a cultural history department, a art collection and an open air museum.
	www.gosearchfor.com /directory/Society/Ethnicity/Sami (507 words)

	Sami religion - TheBestLinks.com - Christianity, Middle Ages, Scandinavia, Shamanism, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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	www.thebestlinks.com /Sami_religion.html (301 words)

	Search Results for supernatural - Encyclopædia Britannica
		in Sami religion, a shaman who mediated between the people that he served and the supernatural beings and forces that he either confronted or made use of for the benefit of his clients.
		Irish writer of ghost stories and mystery novels, celebrated for his ability to evoke the ominous atmosphere of a haunted house.
		In Germanic religion, any of a group of maidens sent by Odin to...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=supernatural&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (413 words)

	Untitled Document
		We find shamanistic religions in many areas of the world, especially belonging to the idigenous peoples of the North.
		In modern times interest has blossomed anew for the music, the myths and the shamanistic rites from these regions.
		"Shamanism is the part of the Sami cultural tradition which is pertinent to illness and healing.
	home.hib.no /mediesenter/asgard2003/finskE.htm (208 words)

	AT&T Worldnet Service - Directory
		Protest against the exploitation of Sami culture - http://www.itv.se/boreale/rovaniemi.htm
		Suoma Sámi Nuorat - Suomen saamelaisnuoret - Sami Youth in Finland - http://www.same.net/~ssn/en1.html
		The Sami Siida of North America - http://www.siida.info/
	www.att.net /cgi-bin/webdrill?catkey=gwd/Top/Society/Ethnicity/Sami (621 words)

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