A Sámi Story: How Reindeer Herding Traditions are Kept Alive Today

For the Sámi people - an Indigenous group scattered around northern Norway, Finland, Sweden, and parts of Russia; a region which you may know as Lapland (actually called Sápmi) - reindeer herding is a deep part of everyday culture and life, and the practice has existed with them for generations. The reindeer and Sámi co-exist in harmony, helping each other out all year long, through sun and snow. But, Sámi people have faced many hardships in the past, and their road to recognition and acceptance has been a long one.

As part of our Travel Project series, we had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Johan Oskal, a Sámi reindeer herder, who shed some light on what reindeer herding is really like for him and his family, and what it means to be part of this Indigenous community.

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