May 28, 2026 · 36 min · 9 segments
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I speak with Nina Mielipäivä, author of Mythology of the Sámi - Minorities Within Minorities, about the sacred myths and spiritual traditions of the Sámi peoples…
Nina MielipäiväGuestKatelyn DawnHost
And when I look at some of the other books that were written about the Sami, most of them were about reindeer Sami.
Then I thought I should write about the Sami here in Finland, the less known Sami groups, because that's what I am more familiar with.
So for the listeners, we can roughly divide the Sami groups into three different categories based on their old occupations.
And sadly, the Kemi Sami, they lost their language by the 1950s due to the finification policies here in Finland.
And then we have the reindeer Sami, or the so-called mountain Sami, and the northern Sami.
I think also the Kuala Lumpur in Russia, I think they are also reindeer Sami.
And when I look at some of the other books that were written about the Sami, most of them were about reindeer Sami.
Then I thought I should write about the Sami here in Finland, the less known Sami groups, because that's what I am more familiar with.
So for the listeners, we can roughly divide the Sami groups into three different categories based on their old occupations.
And sadly, the Kemi Sami, they lost their language by the 1950s due to the finification policies here in Finland.
And then we have the reindeer Sami, or the so-called mountain Sami, and the northern Sami.
I think also the Kuala Lumpur in Russia, I think they are also reindeer Sami.
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