‘They want total control’: how Russia is forcing Sami people to hide their identity

#Sami people in Russia are being forced to hide their identity and live “outside the law” for fear of imprisonment and persecution, leading figures from the community have prevented, after the #Russian government labelled dozens of #Indigenous organizations #terrorists and #extremists.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/20/russia-forcing-indigenous-sami-people-to-hide-their-identity

#RussianTerrorism #oppression #fascism #racism #putin

‘They want total control’: how Russia is forcing Sami people to hide their identity

The ministry of justice has added 55 Indigenous organisations to a list of terrorists and extremists, leading many to leave for Nordic countries

^{Miranda Bryant (The Guardian)}

A map of #Sápmi and its #Indigenous languages. Most maps of Sápmi use sharp borders between #Sámi languages. In reality there have always been overlaps and gradual changes between our #languages. I've tried to avoid that particular problem in this #map for my new book* on Sámi #politicalhistory.

#indigenoushistory #histodon #history #indigenouslanguages #indigenouspolitics

(*"A Brief Introduction to Sámi history", in Norwegian only: https://cappelendamm.no/_en-kort-introduksjon-til-samenes-historie-mikkel-berg-nordlie-9788202837662)