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- 1Exhibition highlights ongoing struggles of Sami people in Sweden●‘The same struggles as 100 years ago’: exhibition highlights lives of Sami people in Sweden
A new exhibition in Sweden is drawing attention to the lives of the Sami, the Indigenous people of the region, arguing that many of the challenges they faced a century ago persist today. The show documents Sami history, culture and rights, and has prompted reflection on how little has changed in areas such as land use, reindeer herding and recognition of Indigenous rights.
- 2Exhibition on Sami life opens at Kin Museum in Kiruna●‘The same struggles as 100 years ago’: an exhibition highlights the lives of Sami people in Sweden. From a detailed mult
An exhibition of Johan Turi's work has opened at the Kin Museum in Kiruna, Sweden, highlighting the lives of Sami people. It features a detailed multi-perspectival drawing of reindeer and written accounts of Sami belief systems and childbirth. Commentators note that the struggles depicted in Turi's century-old work mirror challenges the Sami still face today.