Sami people

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Finno-Ugric people Indigenous people Uralic people ethnic group

The Sami people are an Indigenous Finno-Ugric ethnic group of northern Fennoscandia, traditionally known for reindeer herding, fishing, and a distinct language and culture spanning Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

Aliases (2)

Ter Sami people ×2
Ter Sámi people ×2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Finno-Ugric people → Indigenous people → Uralic people → ethnic group →
continent	Europe →
country	Finland → Norway → Russia → Sweden →
culturalArea	Arctic → Subarctic →
culturalSymbol	Sami flag → Sami traditional dress → reindeer →
ethnicity	Sami →
hasAutonomousInstitution	Sami Parliament of Finland → Sami Parliament of Norway → Sami Parliament of Sweden →
languageFamily	Uralic languages →
languageGroup	Sami languages →
minorityStatus	Indigenous minority in Russia → national minority in Finland → national minority in Norway → national minority in Sweden →
primaryRegion	Sápmi →
recognizedAsIndigenousBy	Finland → Norway → Russia → Sweden →
relatedEthnicGroup	Estonians → Finns → Karelians →
religion	Christianity → Laestadianism → Lutheranism → Sami shamanism →
traditionalClothing	gákti →
traditionalEconomy	semi-nomadic pastoralism →
traditionalMusic	joik →
traditionalOccupation	fishing → gathering → hunting → reindeer herding →
traditionalReligion	animism → polytheism →
traditionalTerritory	Kola Peninsula → northern Finland → northern Norway → northern Sweden →
UNCategory	Indigenous peoples of the Arctic →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Börje Salming → Northern Norway → Ter Sami ("Ter Sami people") → Ter Sámi ("Ter Sámi people") →	ethnicGroup
Kola Peninsula → Murmansk Oblast → Rybachy Peninsula →	hasIndigenousPeople
Finnmarksvidda → Scandinavian Mountains →	inhabitedBy
Finns → Kven people →	relatedEthnicGroup
Varangerhalvøya National Park →	hasCulturalAssociation
Hardangervidda →	hasCulturalSignificanceFor
Vadsø →	hasMinority
Troms og Finnmark →	hasPopulationGroup
Ter Sami ("Ter Sami people") →	spokenBy
Ume Sami →	traditionalSpeakers
Ter Sámi ("Ter Sámi people") →	usedByMinority