Liberating Sápmi: Indigenous Resistance in Europe’s Far North

The Sami, who have inhabited Europe's far north for thousands of years, are often referred to as the continent's "forgotten people." With their traditional homeland, divided between four nation-states Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia the Sa pmi have experienced the profound oppression and discrimination that characterize the fate of indigenous people worldwide: their lands have been confiscated, their beliefs and values attacked, their communities and families torn apart. Yet the Sa pmi have shown incredible resilience, defending their identity and their territories and retaining an important social and ecological voice even if many, progressives and leftists included, refuse to listen. Liberating Sa pmi is a stunning journey through Sa pmi and includes in-depth interviews with Sa pmi artists, activists, and scholars boldly standing up for the rights of their people.… (more)