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• - The forum is a network for local and regional development. Information about past an present projects.
  
• - Information about the channel, program schedule and editorial office. News in Sami language is published in Real Audio format.
  
• - Various documents about Sámi issues at the University of Tromsø, Norway): Sámi research and education. Indigenous Peoples' Research Network. Research documentation. Sámi Library Resources (in Norwegian). Publications from the University Museum. Downlo
  
• - A confederation of regional organizations with members who share the heritage of the Sami culture of Northern Scandinavia and Finland.
  
• - A joik performer of the Sami or Laplander people, Somby also is a designer and photographer, and he is associate professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Tromsø.
  
• - The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) in Oslo. A short presentation of the Sami resources and links to libraries and Sami Internet sites.
  
• - The Swedish authority for the Saami schools and other activities belonging to and regulated by the Saami School ordinance. Information about the schools and pre-schools, study materials and operational plans.
  
• - Fact sheet about the college established in Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino) in 1989 to cover the needs of higher education and research of the Sami society, and to strengthen Sami professional qualifications in various fields. The college has a responsibility
  
• - From the Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire. "The authors of the present book, who come from a country (Estonia) which has shared the fate of nations in the Russian and Soviet empires, endeavour to publicize the plight of the small nations
  
• - Presentation and description of the indigenous population of the Scandinavian peninsula. Covers history, language, culture, art, music, politics and the role of reindeer in Sami culture.
  
• - Protest page against exploitation of the native culture in Rovaniemi, Finland. Examples with illustrations.
  
• - Festival held every easter celebrating Sami culture: music, films and theater. Sports events are reindeer and snowmobile races.
  
• - A Sami museum in Norway with a cultural history department, a art collection and an open air museum.
  
• - Fact sheet with current and historical information. Includes two maps.
  
• - Factual information published by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Written by Elina Helander.
  
• - Northern Lavvu: offering traditional Sami tents for fellow Sami and friends. Minneapolis-based small-scale manufacturer. Site contains excellent introduction to the Sami tent with illustrations from classical literature.
  
• - Original Sami name forms of places in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia. "This is the site of Luistxo Fernandez, a Basque internaut." Contains place-names of minority and native peoples. Text in English and Basque.
  
• - The Sami parliament of Sweden. Also includes extensive bibliographies of literature in English about the Sami, and subject bibliographies, e.g. Sami religion.
  
• - Section from the Nordic FAQ on Sámi history, culture, and mythology.
  
• - Fact sheet about Lapland and the Sami people living in the north of the Scandinavian peninsula (Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia).
  
• - Information from the Endangered Uralic Peoples site.
  
• - An organization that works for strengthening the identity of Sami youth and their knowledge about their culture.