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Sami People Sapmi Arctic Les Lapons, Louis Tinayre 1902 Old Postcard Dogs Canoes

Faults: Minor wear at top edge & bottom right tip
Sent from: Montpellier France
Addressed to: Var
Stamp: 10c
Condition: Used
Background: The Sami people, also spelled Sámi or Saami, are the indigenous people inhabiting the Arctic area of Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are the only indigenous people of Scandinavia recognized and protected under the international conventions of indigenous peoples, and hence the northernmost indigenous people of Europe. Sami ancestral lands span an area of approximately 388,350 km2, which is approximately the size of Sweden, in the Nordic countries. Their traditional languages are the Sami languages and are classified as a branch of the Uralic language family.

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