There are lots and lots of other Uralic groups in Russia that are dying and are not known. Only Finns, Estonians and Hungarians have gained their own country.

Thank you brother 💞

Ya no existen los aztecas, por que seguramente tienes un apellido como Pérez o González. Don’t be a liar bro. Am Mexican too.

You are Mexican, such as my self, don’t be a liar. The aztecs and apaches don’t longer exist, we blended ourselves with the Spanish culture. And form the Mexican. No digas tonterías.

Weird LARP and also dumb

Thank you for letting me know, the memories of this trip are special!

Finland is the best, deal?

Fennoscandian Peninsula* Finland is not Scandivian, but it is Nordic

@@leahozhantortune771 there are Sami people in Scandinavia too though...Sweden, Norway

Sápmi spreads through northern norway, sweden, finland and kola peninsula in Russia, imagine it is its own country, doesnt matter if it comes from the "Norwegian" part, its still from the same region, ethnicity and people.

Sami people are closest related to Finns but have their own traditional regions that cross over countryborders

If you are interested in the Sami language and culture, I strongly recommend you to watch this video. :)) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ft-ClNFo1Lu5gWQ.html

@Amalie Olsdatter That's why I said "Imagine it as its own country" and not "It is its own country" dingus

@@ottowillekuusinen216 i am american of finnish and norwegian ancestry. do you think that means i am also sami???

That's the first thing I thought.

Earplug

Who says he isn't? ;)

@@carolilseanne2175 Yeah, there's that, too. ;)

I mean it is not that loud

Thank you.

On a side note for all the Sami people reading this.. My grandfather passed when my dad was 16 so I never got to meet him. Documents show he came to America from Sweden with my grandma.. My dad would NEVER tell me where we were from and always just said "you are American"... The fondest/ most important memories he has shared with me of his father was fishing / ice fishing in Buffalo New York where my dad was born, and hunting his first deer when he was a teenager - he told me he cried after his dad made him kill it. We had the deer skin for years, and I had no idea what it meant. I think he still has it. It's cathartic, but bittersweet to find out our lost cultural identity and honor the heritage that was basically stolen by genocide. It's really heartbreaking, especially around Christmas time now that I understand who the Sami are and how they were murdered and robbed of their land/religion/culture. I always felt so lost and like I was truly different from everybody growing up, and couldn't understand why I looked the way I did. I never even heard of Sami people until last year until I was 30 years old.. I wish more people knew about Sami. It's my mission now to teach people about it, especially having grown up in Miami where we are so culturally diverse. It's ironic that nobody seems to care about my lost culture.

theres no lyrics, joik generally doesn't have lyrics

@@acedrydakova2166 most joiks have a couple words here and there

@@david82633 no most dont 😭 some do. the traditional way doesnt have words. obviously you don't understand what joik is or the history if you think almost all of them have words

Sea sámi joiks (at least those recorded in kåfjord) tended to have words, and I think eastern joiks also tended to tell stories more than the north sámi joiks. However, I was mostly thinking of contemporary joiks. Almost all famous contemporary or modern joiks got words in them, including Sámi eatnan duoddariid, Daniels joik, Golle maže and eatni nieida. Many traditional joiks where of course completely without words, but today I feel like saying that joiks generally don't have words is a bit incorrect. Saying that most have words was also not completely correct, should have specified "contemporary"

There's a bit of a difference between being Finnish and being Sami. Sami is a minority in the northern parts of the country, and while they are Finnish in the sense that they live in Finland (or Sweden/Norway respectively for their populations), as far as I'm aware many of them wouldn't call themselves "Finnish people", but Sami people.

@@Murks33 I agree.

Sami ppl and Finns are different ppl. Sami ppl have completely different cultures.

It seems like y'all are confusing Suomi with Sami. Suomi is what the Finns call Finland and themselves and Sami are the indigineous people of Northern Europe as seen in the video. The Finns and Sami are different yet somewhat related. They're not the same group of people

Yeah I don't think there was much Sami immigration into the US, nowhere near the scale of the main populace.

@@butterflies655 nah we are pretty much the same, uralic and so on we are both turan

@@Murks33 there were plenty of sami that came to america but were labeled as “swedes” in order to avoid racism

you should take a dna test! if you have ancestors from the north you may actually BE sami yourself. that’s what i did recently and found out that i do. my family took on a swedish last name to “fit in” apparently. Probably to avoid racism or something

In most cases no words

Crazy, isn't it?

@@HonnePerkele yes, very amazing, I think Simo Hayha was partially sami, as that would explain his toughness

yes we have existed for that long but then people started hating on us and killing us. weird isn't it?

@@agnesmatheussen8903 the time period was synonymous with every empire slapping their meat on the table If the history video was correct they got pushed out and spilt in the 1800s You know the same time period where the brits were persecuting the world, the usa to the natives and debating whether slavery was a moral good Where phrenology was a legit science

Archeological evidence back 2500 years, while humans are known to have been in northern Scandinavia for 12000 years. They could be ancestors of sámi people, but the language likely originated further east at a later time and moved here

So you're just gonna leave out Finnic peoples, who are actually related to the Sámi?

@@finnicpatriot6399 He is leaving out people from the whole Ural region and western Siberia. Someone who thinks that the Vikings are the only Germanic people and puts Saamis next to Celtic people is very wrong. Eurocentrism kicks hard

I wonder what you're snorting

They are reclaiming Finngolia

​​@@satanshameer690completely different race.

@@butterflies655 we are all same race you mongreloid

Be grateful that this moment was captured for us to see across the world

Please leave KZfaq

You would rather this go unrecorded and unknown to other parts of the world ? Also , when did he say "yo put off your phone , that's disrespectful" , he is okay with people informing other people about his beautiful culture . You ever heard of "the greater good" ?

Sami people live normal lives, some of them are just reindeer herders, Amish people wouldn't use snowscooters would they?

We are Asian and native American with some euro

never seen an Amish that colorful before

@@judyparedes22 sami are not asian or native American

@@mexicotaco0913 yes Amish people where black as to not stick out this is quite the opposite

***** That's not an argument.

joe joesph "Humans" being in Scandinavia doesn't mean "cultures" being in Scandinavia "for close to 12,000 years". So yes, Samis are one of the most ancient cultures. And FYI, there are proofs that Samis have existed since the stone age.

+helenejoncour There's prove in ancient DNA Saami have not been in Scandinavia since the Stone age. For a population in Eurasia(big chunk of land, no place to hide) to stay isolated since the Stone age is impossible and there isn't a single people like that in Eurasia. Saami are not distinct from nearby Europeans. They have the same Stone age roots as all their neighbors. They're mostly Mesolithic North European, with significant West Asian and Siberian ancestry. We know this because of Ancient DNA. The Saami language and identity is younger than the Stone age(same is true for all languages and ethnic groups). The Saami-ethnic group didn't form and settle the region they live today till 4,000 years ago or later. A date that old for the formation of an ethnic group is hard to find in the World. Saami have developed in the region they live in the Pre-Historic era like all their neighbors(Historic era starts 1,000-1,500 yo for East and North Europe).

The definition of "indigenous peoples" according to the European Union is an ethnic group of people who are not the ruling party of a country, but have been there just as long as the ruling party. This makes Saami indigenous to northern Europe. The Saami and the Finns came to the land at the same time, and then separated as time went by. The Saami languages also belong to the Finno-Ugric language family. As far as calling them less developed, that is incredibly insulting. What in the world ever led you to believe that the Saami are less developed?? They're just like normal people, but with different traditions.

Kinda Racist tbh

How can you tell who's a "fake Sami"? His outfit may have not been very authentic but he may very well be ethnically Sami.

Cultural appropriation is a myth.

sentience to life to dress up for asians with their smart phones shoved in his face and selling sami flag colored beanies. :l

My Sami family cam to Australia after WW2 . we dont wear national costume of of course but take pride in it still and having one is special. some modern girls just do Sami Style. A bit of a touch with jeans or what ever it looks great. do you expect people to back in a time machine? My Yoik sounds terrible, but it still feels profound to me. His ansestors and traditions are his to honour how ever he wants.

If he is fake, why is he not sued for wearing Saami outfit?

Are you Sami? Indigenous to Finland/Sweden/Russia? He states that he is Sami. If you are Sami, please explain why you feel this is disrespecting your people's culture. I'm asking because I'm genuinely interested in your response, not trying to start anything, I'm just trying to better understand your point of view. You ask if he is Native American/Amerindian I'm confused why you would ask this as he clearly states he is of Sami ancestry.

I don't know what Sami is, I'm only here cuz someone labelled his music as Native American, like in this for example kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7uXn7ibzrDNlnU.html yet under a different label, so I was wondering why he would be making Native music. whatsallthisthen.wordpress.com/tag/ly-o-lay-ale-loya/

So, just because someone on the internet - completely unrelated to this video - called him Native American, even though everything in the actual video & description says he is Saami, you assume and get offended for "appropriating your culture"? This video has nothing at all to do with Native American Indians, so your comments & assumptions are at the wrong people - you should be offended with whoever called him Native American when he's Saami. Go get angry at them and tell them to learn the difference, especially since Finland is not even on the same continent as the US, lol.

Th Sami used to be known as the Lapp people , but they don't like the term . They haven't borrowed anything from native Americans . This is their traditional music . No need for any offense . Coincidental similarities . @@Okai3427

@@robertberger4203 Thank you for your kind response.