Drums were an important part of Sámi religious practice. Thomas von Westen confiscated more than 100 ceremonial Sámi drums in the 18th century, one of these being the Folldal drum from Namdalen. This ...
The Folldal drum is one of the best preserved and best documented ceremonial Sámi drums. It was taken on a long journey from the time it was confiscated in Namdalen in 1723 until it was returned to ...
The history of Sámi National Day dates back to 1917, when the first Sámi Assembly was held in Trondheim, Norway. Decades later, in 1992, the Helsinki Sámi Conference decided to celebrate Sámi National ...
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 ...
KARASJOK, Norway - I recently met people on the other side of the world who use beads, tepees - they call them lavvus - and sacred drums. And they're not “wannabes" - pretending to be indigenous ...
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