Director Katja Gauriloff has made history with “Je’vida,” the first feature shot in the Skolt Sámi language. “It’s my native tongue, but because of forced assimilation in Finland [of the Sámi people] ...

Finnish director Katja Gauriloff won the top prize this week at the Finnish Film Affair’s showcase of fiction works in progress for “Je’vida,” an intimate historical drama that is the first film ever ...

Finland must rectify injustices committed against the indigenous Sami people, a truth and reconciliation commission said on ...

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Finland should issue a formal apology to the Sámi people after the publication of a national truth and reconciliation report detailing decades of assimilation and ...

"The texts of a 41-year-old writer always win against what is written by a 10-year-old girl." In Turkey as part of the Belongings project, which offers a platform for Kurdish and Sámi writers to meet ...

The Sámi, the indigenous people in the far north of Europe and Russia, are ready to share their stories with the world. But only under certain conditions, says film commissioner Liisa Holmberg from ...

Sami Parliament of Norway has chosen Acapela Group to develop North Sami language text-to-speech. A small audience for usual developments of text to speech for new languages. But Sami text to speech ...

Finland pursued decades of unjust assimilation practices against the indigenous Sami people inhabiting the northernmost parts ...

KIRUNA, Sweden -- The members of Kiruna Church primarily worship in Swedish, their country's main language. But this Lutheran church some 120 miles above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the ...

More than 400 Sami told investigators they are discouraged from maintaining their language and traditions, particularly in ...

In May 2025, Tapio Luoma, archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, delivered an apology to the Sámi, the only recognized Indigenous people in the European Union. Speaking on behalf of ...