Reindeer crowd around Raisa Kitti as soon as she enters the paddock, sticking their big, velvety noses into the sled full of ...

A groundbreaking decision in Europe may signal a shift in the way we engage with Indigenous land rights beyond property rhetoric.

03/15/2025 March 15, 2025 What's life like for young people living in Lapland, Finland's northernmost region? Niko Tervo, a reindeer herder, gives us a peek at his daily routine.

at Reindeer Manor. Sprawled out on a 19th-century farm outside of Levi, Finland (one of the country's most popular ski resorts), Reindeer Manor is comprised of several historic farm outbuildings ...

Ingá-Máret Gaup-Juuso lives in a Finnish village near the Norwegian border, among the reindeer herding communities of Sweden and Norway. She’s a Sami – the largest indigenous group of people ...

In this setting they look entirely natural, a Finnish version of mule deer or elk. And yet these are semidomesticated reindeer, sources of meat and pelts that wear ear tags and collars ...

Markus Varesvuo (Finland) lies in the snow to get eye to eye with an almost invisible bird. Lying on his front, his arm jammed into the snow for stability, Markus photographed the camouflaged rock ...

A new wave of positive-impact experiences in northern Finland is finally allowing the Sámi to benefit from the tourism boom. Reindeer crowd around Raisa Kitti as soon as she enters the paddock ...

The Sámi are a semi-nomadic Indigenous people who practice traditional reindeer herding in northern ... extends throughout parts of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. It's believed the Sámi ...