Sámi culture

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men's association football team representing Sápmi

celebrating the first international Sámi conference in Trondheim, Norway

thumb|A lavvu in the late 1800s, from "Norge i det nittende aarhundrede" (1900). A lavvu (or , , , , (kåvas), , , and ) is a temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern extremes of Northern Europe. It has a design similar to a Native American tipi but is less vertical and more stable in high winds. It enables the indigenous cultures of the treeless plains of northern Scandinavia and the high arctic of Eurasia to follow their reindeer herds. It is still used as a temporary shelter by the Sami, and increasingly by other people for camping. It should not be confused with the goahti, an

thumb|Reconstruction of a peat goahti at Skansen open-air museum thumb|A reconstruction of a wooden goahti right|thumb|A Sami family in front of goahti. The tent in the background is a lavvu. Note the differences in the pole placement of the two structures. This photo was taken around 1900 in northern [[Scandinavia.]] A goahti (Northern Sámi), goahte (Lule Sámi), gåhte (Pite Sámi), gåhtie (Ume Sámi), куэдтҍ (Kildin Sámi), or gåetie (Southern Sámi), (also gábma), (Norwegian: gamme, Finnish: kota, Swedish: kåta), is a Sámi hut or tent of three types of covering: fabric, peat moss or timber. The

thumb|upright=1.35|A guksi Guksi or guksie (or ; ) is a type of drinking cup, traditionally duodji crafted by the Sami people of northern Scandinavia and Finland from carved birch burl.

thumb|A Navajo-style cradleboard thumb|right|A Skolts|Skolt Sámi mother with her child in a ǩiõtkâm Cradleboards (, Navajo: awéétsʼáál, , , , , Kazakh: бесік, Kyrgyz: бешік) are traditional protective baby-carriers used by many indigenous cultures in North America, throughout northern Scandinavia among the Sámi, and in the traditionally nomadic cultures of Central Asia. There are a variety of styles of cradleboard. Many Central Asian communities and some indigenous communities in North America still use cradleboards.

Duodji is a traditional cultural Sami handicraft. Some examples include knives, cases, women's bags, wooden cups, and articles of clothing. Duodji items are intended to be primarily functional and were made to be used in an everyday work environment, but may also incorporate artistic elements.

cuisine of peoples from the Sápmi territory of the Sami people

the larger of the two Saami knives

thumb|right|Nutukas on display at the Arktikum Science Museum in [[Rovaniemi, Finland.]] thumb|A Sámi finnesko, along with a snowshoe, used in Fridtjof Nansen's Greenland expedition of 1890.

thumb|A Sámi family in , around 1900. Photochrom|Fotokromtrykk.

boat type

Sáhkku is a board game of the Sami people. The game is traditional among the North Sámi, Skolt Sámi, Inari Sámi and Lule Sámi but may also have been played in other parts of Sápmi.

2024 film by Elle Márjá Eira

Swedish-Sámi politician (1881-1940)

right|thumb|Raanu. Raanu (Finnish) or rátnu (Northern Sámi) is a traditional Finnish and Sámi woven rug used as bed coverings and wall tapestries.