Beyond Rudolph: The Cultural Impacts of Reindeer Herding on the Sami

• Main Author: Trueworthy, Ava A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: PDXScholar 2022
• Subjects: Reindeer herding > Northern Europe; Reindeer herding > Environmental aspects > Northern Europe; Sami (European people) > History; Sami (European people) > Hunting; Sami (European people) > Ethnic identity; Cultural History; European History; History; Rudolph; sami
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/younghistorians/2022/papers/12; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1248&context=younghistorians

The reindeer is a quintessential symbol of the Sami, the indigenous people of Northern Scandinavia. Reindeer have always been integral to Sami culture, but they have not always had the same significance that they do now. In the 16th and 17th centuries, reindeer herding practices shifted from small-s...