('The Sámi People') is a

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news magazine published from Jåhkåmåhkke, Sweden. Its motto is "" (The Sámi Culture and Society Magazine). Having published regularly since 1918, is considered one of the oldest indigenous periodicals in the world.

History

was founded by Torkel Tomasson following the first national meeting of the Swedish Sámi, which was held in

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in 1918 on the heels of the pan-national Sámi Assembly of 1917. Tomasson called the new paper ('The Sámi People's Newspaper'). In the first issue, Tomasson called for people to use the word "Sámi" instead of "Lapp," both as an expression of pride in the Sámi people and because of negative associations in Swedish with the word Lapp. Tomasson served as editor-in-chief of the paper until his death in 1940, publishing many articles on Sámi culture and identity. In 1960, was rebranded as . mainly reports on cultural and political events in

Sápmi is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. Sápmi includes the northern parts of Fennoscandia, stretching over four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Most of Sápmi lies north of the Arctic Circle, boun ...

, but it periodically also covers issues of importance to other

indigenous peoples There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territ ...

. The magazine publishes primarily in

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

, but also contains stories in Norwegian and

Sámi languages The Sámi languages ( ), also rendered in English language, English as Sami and Saami, are a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Indigenous Sámi peoples in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden, and extreme northwest ...

spoken in Sweden, primarily

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, Lule, and

Southern Sámi Southern or South Sámi (; ; ) is the southwesternmost of the Sámi languages, and is spoken in Norway and Sweden. It is an endangered language. The designated main village of the language in Norway is Snåasen Municipality (Snåsa) where the c ...

. The magazine is owned by Stiftelsen Samefolket, which is co-funded by the and .

Editors

* Torkel Tomasson: 1918–1940 * : 1940–1960 * Israel Ruong: 1969–1973 * Olle Andersson: 1974–1996 * Gustaf Jillker: 1996–2003 * Åsa Lindstrand: 2003

References

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