Nordregio is an international research institute established by the Nordic Council of Ministers

The Sámi are the only designated indigenous people in the European Union.

They retain their own languages and traditions as well as their resource-based livelihoods based on i.e. reindeer herding. Through a series of maps, this paper presents different aspects of the Sámi and Sápmi, like: Traditional living areas, the current and official status of the Sámi and Sámi languages, demographic change in Sápmi and natural resources in Sápmi.

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