Indigenous Finno-Ugric-speaking people of Sapmi, the northern reaches of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula, traditionally practicing reindeer herding, fishing, and hunting; among the oldest continuously-attested peoples of Europe, mentioned as far back as Tacitus's 'Fenni'.
NON-TERMINAL: the Sami continue to exist as a distinct indigenous people to the present day, with formal political representation via Sami parliaments in Norway, Sweden, and Finland since the late 20th century; never conquered into extinction as a people despite centuries of assimilation pressure from surrounding states.
The atlas holds 5 border frames for Sami people — the shape you scrub through changes in 1500 BC · 500 BC · 500 · 1323 · 1673.
A modern social and cultural history of the Sámi from earliest times to contemporary indigenous rights.
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