Sami People - Early Photograph
The Sami people, (also known as Lapps, although this term is considered derogatory) are the indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sapmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Their ancestral lands span an area the size of Sweden in the Nordic countries. Current population is 80, 000 - 135, 000
Picture No
10282600
Media ID
45515154
Size
4686px x 3054px
(1.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Early hand-tinted photograph
Date
circa 1870
